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| NL FR EN DE CZ | October 2006 |
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| SCIA on its way up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SCIA•ESA PT 2007 will include the CAD shape of 2D members and ESA-ESA update | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CAD shape of 2D members
Now, this feature extends to plates, walls and shells as well. The user can take the full advantage of this fact and within one project define both the tuned analysis model that provides accurate results and fine-looking structural model reflecting the real configuration of the structure. But this is not all! SCIA•ESA PT enables the user to import the model of the structure from a third-party software. Mostly a structural shape is imported (fig. 1). The user then faces the problem of transforming this structural model into a working analysis model – usually, there will be problems with contacts of adjacent members (fig. 2). SCIA•ESA PT comes with a handy solution. After a single click and a few simple operations with parameters (fig. 3) that control the whole process, SCIA•ESA PT can automatically convert the structural model into the analysis one. Should it happen that a conflict arises during this conversion, the user is immediately and graphically informed about it in the screen (fig. 4). Once such conflicts are corrected manually, nothing prevents the user from defining the required boundary conditions, load cases, loads and other data needed for a successful calculation of the project.
ESA-ESA update The second feature presented here belongs to the “roundtrip” family, i.e. into the group of functions supporting exchange of data between various programs with the possibility to get back without losing any data and at the same to reflect possible changes made in the other software. The ESA-ESA update enables the user to exchange and share project data with colleagues who use SCIA•ESA PT as well. At the moment, it is possible to share basic geometric data such as beams, slabs and haunches as well as properties like material, cross-section and layer.
The principle is simple. User A makes the first version (fig. 5) of the project and sends it to user B. User B continues with the project and then returns it back to user A. It is clear that user A may have made some changes during this period. Now it’s the turn of SCIA•ESA PT and its ESA-ESA update function. The update function compares the two projects and finds added, deleted and modified entities. Everything is clearly summarised in a neat dialogue (fig. 6). It is now the user’s turn to decide which variants are those to be kept for future work. |
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| Hochtief, preferential candidate for the construction of a motorway in Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The German leader of the BTP, Hochtief, announced that the consortium, that it carries out with Vinci, has been retained as preferential candidate for a project of a turnpike in Greece involving a total investment of approximately one billion euros. “The Greek government aims at becoming the signature on the final contract by the end of the year”, declares a spokesman of Hochtief. The project involves the construction and/or the modernization of a motorway stretch of 230 kilometres on the important road connecting Athens and Thessalonica. The consortium will then have a concession for thirty years, as specified by Hochtief in its official statement. This motorway is financed partly by European funds. It fits indeed in a project of the EU to develop the European transportation network. The remainder of the financing, a little more than two thirds, will come from long-term bank credits and capital provided by the companies of the consortium, which will then be refinanced thanks to the toll receipts. |
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Varitec Engineering AG has realized the complete high-tech-project: design, calculations, shop and erection drawings, supply of the glass and tension structure. Local companies under the supervision of Varitec realised the erection. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tips & Tricks: Internal Forces, more Components in SCIA•ESA PT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
When viewing Internal Forces on members, it is possible to select More Components. ‘More Components’ allows the user to view multiple internal forces simultaneously on the screen. The desired components can be checked and after ‘Refreshing’ they are shown:
Using Drawing Setup the distance between the different components can be altered: When changing the option Drawing in the Properties window from Screen to 3D, the components are shown in 3D on the member:
Viewing More Components provides a convenient way to view results simultaneously. For example to check Steel Stresses by displaying the normal force and both bending moments, or for a concrete theoretical reinforcement calculation by displaying the original bending moment and the recalculated bending moment. |
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