{"id":22150,"date":"2014-06-03T09:24:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T13:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=22150"},"modified":"2014-06-03T11:11:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:11:50","slug":"how-can-i-be-more-efficient-with-my-structure-design-validation-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2014\/06\/how-can-i-be-more-efficient-with-my-structure-design-validation-process.html","title":{"rendered":"How can I be more efficient with my Structure Design & Validation Process?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday I attended a workshop on a well-known software specialized for steel & reinforced concrete structure design and analysis. After attending this session, I had a clear understanding that the SOLIDWORKS workflow can improve structure design and validation processes by leaps and bounds.<\/p>\n

The presenter, a specialist of 10-years, developed the following case study: a two floor steel structure building under permanent load, wind and seismic loading.<\/p>\n

\"Structure<\/a>
Structure Case Study<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The deliverables<\/strong> for this project were drawings and analysis reports<\/strong>. Below, are the workflow process used in the workshop.<\/p>\n

\"non_workflow\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After three hours<\/strong> on the project, the presenter was at the architectural drawings (DWG) import step and just started working on the main floor settings, which includes section assignments for columns and beams. At that point, we completed only 25%<\/strong> of the total deliverables for the project. Therefore, the job required approximately 12 hours<\/strong> to finish.<\/p>\n

This reminded me of my previous career working as a large structure analyst. I often used a variety of dedicated structure software with the same problems I experienced in this case study:<\/p>\n