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September 2007 |
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<printable version>
Dear eNews reader,
It is September; the holiday months have passed.
Taking some time off has done us really good and we are entirely ready to provide you monthly in this new working year with the most up-to-date information from the construction world.
We at SCIA consider 'Innovation' of paramount importance. You will see immediately that our September-issue is full of it:
the SCIA company strategy, the last developments around IFC, far-reaching 3D animations realised by our customers, the new impressive BMW-centre in Munich - judge for yourself ...
We wish you a lot of reading pleasure!
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| Structural engineer: what are the key trends in your industry? |
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"Enabling Innovation in Construction" is the longstanding mission of SCIA.
Innovation became top priority so as to give an adequate answer to the current trends and threads: to the shortage of professionals (for design & for execution of projects) is responded with adopting productivity tools and with outsourcing.
The materials price escalation (e.g. steel & concrete) is forcing designers to optimize the material use and to search for new materials or methods.
The future structural engineer is at the heart of Information Modelling, be it during design (3D FEM) or during detailing (steel & concrete 3D models).
Recently SCIA has launched the concept of Round-trip Engineering, by which geometrical models and design models are digitally aligned.
Also interoperability is high on the list, with the recent first step certification of the IFC (industry foundation classes) implementation for SCIA, allowing transfer of structural models between different software programs. To improve the communication level during project execution SCIA has started this year a new company Online Projects, to distribute the successful think project! workflow & project management.
SCIA is bringing innovation on the international level through intensive training and ... more |
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Implementation of new technologies in SCIA•ESA PT 2007.1 |
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SCIA•ESA PT 2007.1 has arrived and two major new technologies have been implemented successfully:
- Enhanced calculation of Floor systems with load distribution
- IFC certification step 1
1. SCIA •ESA PT Version 2007.1 comes with completely new possibilities for the input of ribbed plates, for floor structures made of hollow core panels or for steel-concrete composite floors in the analysis model.
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The idea is to allow the user to define a floor based on a set of beams. The floor is calculated using Finite Elements and the exact load distribution respecting the 2D layout, including holes and steel girders, is achieved.
After the successful Finite Element calculation the user is able to use the internal forces from the 2D load spread calculation in the SnapCheck or AutoDesign of the individual beams. Thus the user is able to achieve proper load spreading and proper internal forces/checks for the beams ALL in one project.
2. The IFC 2x3 format has been enhanced in version 2007.1 by ... more |
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| New futuristic BMW centre in Munich |
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Next October, the German car manufacturer BMW will inaugurate its new, original and futuristic centre 'BMW Welt' (BMW World) in Munich.
Entirely realized out of steel and glass, the building will contain a business
space, shops and restaurants as well as rooms for business meetings.
This impressive project was carried out using the software think project!¹, distributed to the Benelux countries by the company "Online Projects"
(member of the SCIA Group).
The building, with a very futuristic architecture, arises as a spiral of glass and steel. It is a very avant-garde construction, composed of two cones, with a height of 28 meters and a diameter of 45 meter, which are placed 'point against point'. The slope has the shape of a volute. The roof is also curved and supported by a cone.
"A landscape of clouds" The architects' firm Coop Himmelblau imagined the building; it offers a vision of "a landscape of clouds". It will accommodate a commercial section, an interactive campus around the topic of mobility for children, shops and restaurants, a delivery point of cars and a centre for car accessories. "The idea is to create a ... more |
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The Winning Project: Waste water treatment plant in Hilversum (NL) |
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About SC Engineering and PT Baja Engineering
 SC Engineering BV in Nijkerk (NL) and PT Baja Engineering Indonesia in Jakarta were established in 2003.
Their expertise lies in detail calculations and drawings of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.
Acquisition and management of all projects, as well as the preparation of structural calculations based on final design calculations provided by the client, are carried out by the office in the Netherlands.
In the Jakarta Indonesian office, all detail drawings of structural concrete structures, mainly bridges, tunnels and industrial complex structures are prepared.
All drafting is done in 3D with Allplan Engineering.
About the project
On the outskirts of Hilversum (NL), an area called "Anna’s Hoeve" is situated next to a protected park "Goois natuurreservaat". The municipality of Hilversum has decided to renovate and intensely clean up this area, in order to provide an area suitable for housing and recreation.
Pollution
The development of this area is very important as it is contaminated to such a high level that soil and water reservoirs (ponds) must be cleaned thoroughly. If not cleaned, the area becomes ... more
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Saving and reading an animation viewpoint in Allplan |
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 If you want to save an animation viewpoint in Allplan, please proceed in the following way:
step 1: go to the menu window and start the '2+1 animation' window.
step 2: choose the wanted viewpoint of the animation.
step 3: click in the bottom bar of the front view on the icon  : '3D view'.
step 4: click on the icon  'taking over values' in the animation window, the x,y,z, co-ordinates of the eye and targetpoint are taken over. Click on 'apply' and the window of the front view becomes a perspective view.
You can save this perspective view with the function 'save load view'.
Click 'New' and ... more
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SC Engineering BV in Nijkerk (NL) and PT Baja Engineering Indonesia in Jakarta were established in 2003.
If you want to save an animation viewpoint in Allplan, please proceed in the following way:
