Engineering firms of all sizes are winning more businesses, working more efficiently, and maximizing profits with the help of design and analysis software that offers true, proven ability to work seamlessly with other tools. With the industry increasingly moving towards Building Information Modeling (BIM) to conceptualize, plan, detail, create, and guide the building of structures, forward-thinking engineers are looking for ways to bring the same efficiency, accuracy, and collaboration benefits of 3D modeling to their analysis and design work.
Seamless integration and interoperability
Today, it is the norm for engineers to work with several different analysis and design tools for a single project. Typically, an engineer may use up to five analysis and design tools on a single project – one for steel frame design, another for concrete slab design, and so on. After the various models are created, they are usually combined into a new BIM model from scratch – a cumbersome process that wastes time and increases the potential for errors.
The overriding problem is the lack of interoperability between software programs, many of which claim to integrate with others easily, but they often fall short. This inability to easily transition a model from analysis and design tools to a BIM platform and share it with other stakeholders throughout the design process often diminishes the benefits of using a 3D model in the first place.
Tekla Structural Designer was developed specifically to help design engineers maximize collaboration with other project parties, including technicians, fabricators, and architects. Its unique functionality allows engineers to integrate the physical design model seamlessly with Tekla Structures
