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June 2006 

 
 
   
  SCIA User Contest 2007:
The starting shot has been fired!
   
  Fantastic success of the SCIA - CADS roadshow in India more
   
  Stay up-to-date and use our most recent and powerful versions.
SCIA•ESA PT 5.2.329 and
ESA-Prima Win 3.80.034 are now available. Visit our secured download-section for customers.
   
  Customers can help each other. Join us making the SCIA Forum a real success!
Register today
   
  SCIA values your feedback. Please use this form for sending us your remarks, ideas and suggestions which help us improve our services.
   
   
  'The three pillars of the construction world' - SCIA Conference Day on 8th June 2006 in Grimbergen (B) ... subscribe
   
  SCIA presents, "new release SCIA•ESA PT 2006" in Oosterbeek (NL) on
13th June 2006... subscribe
   
  SCIA organizes a 'Free initiation day, Allplan Engineering' on 14th June 2006 in Gent (B) ... subscribe
   
  Also this year,
SCIA will take part in 'the Constructors' day' on 22nd June 2006 ... more
   
   
  SCIA organizes a basic course 'SCIA•ESA PT' in Arnhem (NL) on 19h, 20th, 21st June 2006.
Calendar & Subscription ...
   
  Basic course: 'Allplan Engineering' in Herk-de-Stad (B) on 20th and 28th June 2006.
Calendar & Subscription ...
   
   
  SCIA is an innovative company in full expansion. We are constantly searching for new result-oriented co-workers looking for a challenging career. If interested, please fill out our Online Application Form, motivating your interest.

SCIA also highly encourages spontaneous applications.
   
   
Wooden observation tower - With thanks to Tentech bv (NL)
   
 
 
 
 
 
   


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Dear SCIA eNews reader,

We are almost halfway through 2006 and before the summer interlude we would like to propose the following topics:

» Corporate News: Be the best in Planning, Information Management and Innovation
» Product News: Collaboration Bau-Software-Haus and SCIA
» The Market: Super cities in the spotlight during the next ‘Biennale of Architecture’ in Venice
» Customer's Project: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant on the island of Melkøya in Norway
» Tips & Tricks: Rotation Angle in SCIA•ESA PT

Next September you’ll hear from us again with the latest SCIA News items!
Enjoy the summer, the sun, the birds, the bees and of course this eNews ...
       
   
 Be the best in Planning, Information Management and Innovation  
 

SCIA is seeing a sharp increase of sales of its software during the first half of 2006 (> 25%). Questioning clients and analysing the market response to the SCIA products, it is apparent that the success is due to key factors:

  • the construction market, and the engineering design community in particular, is giving priority to professional technical information. Engineering work is multi-tasking, and therefore is in need of 3D models, detailed analysis and design simulations.
  • the construction industry is searching new tools to optimise and speed up the process “from design to construction”; an integrated software suite responds the best to process changes.
  • new construction methods, new materials, new structural concepts, safety regulations and building codes, they all require a solid engineering design with state-of-the-art innovative software.
  • Worldwide investments in construction projects are upward, especially concerning energy and infrastructure; with fewer engineers there is ... more
 
 
   Collaboration Bau-Software-Haus and SCIA  

Recently SCIA started collaboration with the German company Bau-Software-Haus GmbH. The latest release of their BauText TechEditor is now fully compatible with SCIA•ESA PT.

Structural engineers are often struggling when drawing up technical documents. BauText comes in very handy, as it is a unique solution offering complete support to the engineer when making technical calculation reports. Besides the usual functions of word processing, it gives you the possibility to easily add or insert comments, calculations and other structural analyses data, into SCIA•ESA PT’s output document. (Example)

The BauText TechEditor has been developed particularly for the design of ... more
 
   
 Super cities in the spotlight during the next ‘Biennale of Architecture’ in Venice  
 
From September 10th to November 19th 2006, the 10th international Biennale of architecture in Venice (Italy) will reflect on the topic: “City, architecture and society”.
This reflexion will be based on the example of sixteen super cities throughout the world.


“We decided to dedicate the tenth edition of the ‘Biennale of Architecture’ to the topic ‘large cities as an evolutionary phenomenon’ ”, says Davide Croff, president of the Foundation ‘Biennale of Venice’.

“The city is the principal place where ‘architecture’ can be exercised and it is also the place where living-together is measured, where the strong bond which exists between architecture and society is measured”, he claims before recalling that “one of the major problems of today and tomorrow is the increase in the population and urban progress. In 2005, for the first time, the number of inhabitants residing in cities exceeded the ... more
 
   
   Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant on the island of Melkøya in Norway  
 


Project: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant on the island of Melkøya in Norway
Principal: Statoil
Transport study and detail studied: SCIA’s customer SBE

About SBE
For more than 15 years, the Belgian company SBE profiles itself as architectural designer with, notwithstanding the traditional stability tasks, a specific emphasis on water and port constructions, geotechnical problems, steel structures and foundation techniques. SBE works with some 35 employees, mainly project engineers, study engineers and designers.

The challenge

In 1984, researchers of the Norwegian oil and gas producer Statoil discovered a natural gas reserve of about 190 billion cubic meter in the Snøhvit area, right in the middle of the Hammerfest basin. The LNG also appeared to contain small quantities of condensates or light oil; estimated at 17,9 million cubic meters. Really an enormous strike; however nobody was very keen on starting the exploitation. The technical challenges were, to put it mildly, overwhelming. For a long time it even seemed to be a ‘mission impossible’, but in the meantime the last phase of the project, started up in 2002 and estimated at ... more

 
   
   Tips & Tricks: Rotation Angle in SCIA•ESA PT  
 

During the modelling of a structure, in many cases it is required to rotate the structure using a specified rotation angle. SCIA•ESA PT allows the user to input this angle and thus easily obtain the required rotation.

After selecting the structure and starting the command, a new button appears in the Command Line: Enter the Angle of Rotation

Using this option, the rotation angle can be entered and the axis around which the rotation is taken can be specified. When for example a custom axis vector is chosen, a vector of 0; 0; 1 can be entered to specify a rotation around the global Z-axis. It is clear that a random vector can be entered to virtually obtain any rotation.

When the angle is entered, the only thing left is choosing ... more
 
   
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