Scia Engineer Structural Edition

The Structural Edition has been developed in particular for engineers and draftspersons who design engineering structures without performing the analysis or who prepare models for structural engineers (who eventually perform calculations and code-design). This edition focuses on three main areas: modelling, structural BIM and drawings.

Modelling

The program has been designed with the main focus laid on an interactive graphical CAD-style work to enable the user really "draw" the model of the structure on the computer screen. On the other hand, a detailed numerical input is also available.

Engineers who often work on similar types of structures will surely welcome "Parametric Modelling" that enables them to store typical parts of structures or even whole buildings as templates and re-use them later with different dimensions, cross-sections, material grades, etc.

The Structural Edition allows for an effective design of various types of steel connections, including automatically generated detailed dimensioned drawings for all connection parts.

Structural engineers who deal with reinforced structures will find the Edition useful too. The Edition offers functions for direct input of reinforcement in beams and slabs and an open library of predefined reinforcement templates.

Interoperability – structural BIM

Successful, economical and fast realisation of a construction project requires an effective cooperation of all parties involved: architects, structural engineers, design professionals, facility managers.

The Structural Edition represents a compact BIM solution that makes it possible to handle structural and analysis models in one project. The Edition offers a vast number of import and export formats that facilitate exchange of data with both close colleagues and external partners.

The sophisticated update function moves the ordinary import/export capabilities to a new dimension with its capability to merge together analytical models from two separate projects.

Drawings

Scia Engineer Structural Edition offers specialised tools for fast and easy preparation of Automated General Arrangement Drawings. Besides the automatic generation of the drawings, the Edition also enables the user to make manually the final touches in the generated drawings.

It is common practice that some details in the model must be changed at the very end of the design phase when the drawings have been already made. The drawings generated by the program can be very simply updated as they keep complete references to the 3D model.

The Automated General Arrangement Drawings contain a set of predefined libraries for labels, dimensions and hatchings – called collectively "drawing rules". The drawing rules also provide automatic labelling of structural entities, reducing thus the manual labour. The users can employ the included drawing rules or let themselves be inspired by them and set up their own company standard.

Additional Modules

A set of additional modules complements the capabilities of the Editions. Available are modules for the design and code-checking of aluminium structures, composite structures, hollow-core panels, pipeline systems, steel masts, etc. Please contact your local sales representative for more information.