The purpose of this software tool is to facilitate the design of cellular beams according to the principles of the Eurocodes. Thanks to the integrated 3D graphical interface, its use requires little extra familiarization time. The design of the cellular beam is done by using the ArcelorMittal ACB solver.

The beams are fabricated from I-shape hot-rolled profiles and the openings are circular. The upper and the lower chord may be from different base profiles and different steel grades. Scia Engineer is provided with a library of fabricated cross-sections delivered by ArcelorMittal.

The internal forces from any cellular beams are generated by the Scia Engineer solver in pre-defined sections of the beam. They are generated on different posts along ... more

A few months before the launch of the Olympic Games this summer, the airport of Beijing has inaugurated its new terminal. Designed by architect Norman Foster in the shape of a dragon, it has to accommodate 25 airline companies.

170 football stadiums: that is the equivalent in surface of the new terminal of the international airport of Beijing. It was inaugurated on Friday by the Shandong Airlines society with a flight coming from Jinan, in the east of China. According to its architect, Norman Foster, the new terminal extends over 98 hectares; a surface that is larger than the five terminals gathered on the British airport of Heathrow.

The dragon-shaped terminal 3 measures more than ... more

About the company GESPLAN
The design office GESPLAN was founded in 1986 and is active in civil engineering, the construction industry (office, industrial, public and private buildings) and infrastructure works. The company also deals with environmental issues and problems regarding the sewer system and the public road network.

The project
Renovation works of the treatment for drinking-water in Eupen and Stembert.
The starting company (working mainly for civil engineering companies) had to realize the formwork and reinforcement drawings of the building from the architectural drawings realized by the Walloon water company.

By means of the Allplan software, Gesplan modelled a 3D building and reinforcement drawings. It went quite easily despite the fact that they proved to be quite complex, especially in the filter zone.

The structure of the building is as follows ... more

Are you handling repeatedly the same type of structures and you want to increase your output? We have just one word for you: parameters. You can assign a parameter to almost every entity in Scia Engineer.

After the parameterisation, your project can be re-opened and adapted very easy.
Usually, you have to create a parameter for each desired entity before it appears in the template dialogue.
A special feature is that, instead of the previous method, you can create a named selection of the element that has to be parametric. For example for a steel connection:

Subsequently, it appears automatically in ... more