Strusoft - BIM in structural design

BIM IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN

10 IV 2014 • I Konferencja Projektowanie Przyszłości

STRUCTURAL DESIGN SOFTWARE IN EUROPE • WWW.STRUSOFT.COM

Dennis KristensenVice President StruSoft


AgendaSlide 2/31

StruStory

FEM-Design

Integration with Revit

StruSoft history and our software

Brief introduction to StruSoft FEM-Design

Revit to FEM-Design connection


StruSoft is a worldwide known software producer

MORE THAN

10 000USERS

MORE THAN

1000CUSTOMERS

South Africa

MORE THAN

20COUNTRIES

India Norway

Denmark

SwedenUnited

Arab

EmiratsUK

Baltic

States

Finland

Slide 3/31


StruSoft worldwideSlide 4/31

SKANSKA SOFTWARE

1986 1997 2002 2008-2011 2012-2013 Future

StruSoft AB - Head-office Malmö - Sweden

StruSoft Kft / Development Budapest - Hungary

StruSoft DK / Sales & Support Kgs. Lyngby - Denmark

StruEngineers Ltd. / Services Pune – India

StruSoft UK / SalesLondon – United Kingdom

StruSoft FZE / Sales & Support Dubai – United Arab Emirates

StruSoft Australia / SalesBellevue Heights, Australia


We deliver software for the entire building industrySlide 5/31


FEM-Design: Features

USER-FRIENDLY

WORKING INTERFACE

PREFABRICATED

BUIDLING STABILITY

DOCUMENTATION

MODULE

Slide 6/31

FAST AND SIMPLE

INPUT OF DATA

ACCURATE AND

EFFECTIVE

EASY EVALUATION

OF RESULTS

PERSONAL AND HIGH

QUALITY SUPPORT


FEM-Design: FeaturesSlide 7/31

DWG DRAWINGS

AS REFERENCES



AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF

WIND AND SNOW LOAD



AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION



STEEL BEAMS TRANSFORMED

TO SHELL ELEMENTS



CRACKED CONCRETE

SECTION ANALYSIS



EASY EVALUATION OF

PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS



FOUNDATION

ANALYSIS



3D SOIL MODULE



AUTO-DESIGN

STEEL ELEMENTS



AUTO-DESIGN

CONCRETE ELEMENTS



AUTO-DESIGN

TIMBER ELEMENTS


FEM-Design: Interoperability

STRUXML

FILE

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REVIT

FEM-DESIGN

TEKLA STRUCTURES


Revit to FEM-Design connection: idea

STRUXML

FILE

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element types

materials

sections

boundary conditions

grids and levels

loads, load cases, LC

end conditions

FEM-DESIGNREVIT


Revit to FEM-Design connection: StruXML Add-In

Export a model from Revit Structure to create a new model in FEM-Design

UPDATE REVIT MODEL

UPDATE FEM-DESIGN MODEL

A free Revit Add-In that allows data exchange between Autodesk Revit and FEM-Design

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EXPORT

IMPORT

Export a model from Revit Structure to update a model in FEM-Design

Import a FEM-Design model to create a new model in Revit Structure – release May 2014

Import a FEM-Design model to update a model in Revit Structure – release June/July 2014

Import reinforcement data from FEM-Design to Revit – release November 2014

HOW IT IS EXPORTED?


StruXML Add-In: 1) Concept of exportSlide 21/31

SCOPE:

all

only selected

Structural columns

Structural framing

Structural floors

Structural walls

Structural foundations

Boundary conditions

Grids and levels

Loads

EXPORT:

grids

levels

loads

FOUNDATIONS:

as elements

as supports

Material / section

Release conditions

Eccentricity

USER’S CHOICE:

STRUCTURAL MODEL ANALYTICAL MODEL FEM-DESIGN MODEL

PROPERTIES:

ELEMENT CATEGORIES

WHAT CAN BE EXPORTED?


StruXML Add-In: 2) Mapping - materialsSlide 22/31


StruXML Add-In: 2) Mapping - sectionsSlide 23/31


StruXML Add-In: 3) Export reportSlide 24/31


BIM Workflow: Different approachesSlide 25/31

MODEL 1:

Small design team working on a small-

scale project.

Often the same person is using both Revit

and FEM-Design.

Model is well adjusted (often while being

created).

Usually no issues with data exchanged.

MODEL 2:

Big companies working on a large-scale

project.

Different design teams are using the same

model.

Analytical model is often adjusted as a last

step.

More issues arising when trying to correct a

large model.

Interested in exporting basic loads.

INTERESTS Interested in update mechanisms.

Interested in importing FD model to Revit.

Interested in using data from stuxml file

for internal purpose.

INTERESTS


BIM Workflow: real exampleSlide 26/31

1. Complex Revit model 2. Structural model 3. Analytical model

4. Fix the analytical model

5. Export the model

7. Perform analysis in

FEM-Design

8. Update

FEM-Design

model

6. Correct the model

and repeat the export


BIM Workflow: Recognized issuesSlide 27/31

ARCHITECTURAL MODEL

ANALYTICAL MODEL



PHYSICAL MODEL

ANALYTICAL MODEL



PHYSICAL MODEL


BIM for Structural Design: Recognized issuesSlide 30/31

BAD

REVIT

MODELING

LACK OF

INFORMATION

IN THE MODEL

LACK OR

INCONSISTENT

ANALYTICAL

MODEL

IN CASE OF QUESTIONS YOU

ARE WELCOME TO

CONTACT US


Thank you for your attention.

Dennis Kristensen

Vice-President StruSoft

[email protected]

FEM-DESIGN

Iwona Budny

Development Revit Add-In

[email protected]

REVIT CONNECTION

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Strusoft - BIM in structural design