SCIA, together with our partners in the Nemetschek Group, we understand that collaboration between all disciplines, including architects, modellers, structural engineers, draughtsmen and others is at the heart of delivering a safe and sustainable design. Therefore, we are constantly looking for ways to improve the engineering workflow and to make BIM a workable reality for all, including structural engineers.
Hilde Sevens, Chief Executive Officer, SCIA, says: “BIM is becoming a more important process for the engineering world. SCIA has always been a frontrunner in BIM and today with the SCIA AutoConverter we are taking the next big step. We are very proud to be the first to deliver an OpenBIM solution for structural engineers. Get ready for a change, because the engineers will now be able to get fully integrated into the BIM workflow and save tremendous time, free from product dependency.”
Structural engineers have been standing on the side from the practical BIM workflow. They often have to recreate the models, loosing hours and days on tedious, repetitive tasks. They have to handle changes in the structural model, often with difficulty, frustration and risk of incomplete data, whilst their efforts are better spent elsewhere. Doing what they love most - calculate and analyse.
SCIA AutoConverter is a fast, accurate and reliable tool which enables structural engineers to convert structural models from any 3D structural software to create high quality and accurate analysis models.
Nigel Rees, Business Strategy Manager and Strategic Project Lead, Allplan, says: “The combination of Allplan’s Bimplus and SCIA’s AutoConverter offers an open and integrated BIM workflow, enabling engineers and modelers to develop analytical models from any source with a higher degree of accuracy than ever before, answering the demand of our collective customers for a reliable solution. The partnership between SCIA and Allplan brings together many years of expertise. Together we are delivering ground-breaking technology to disrupt the industry once again.”
With the models stored and shared in the cloud, anyone from the project team can access the data, anytime, anywhere. SCIA AutoConverter, is a truly global collaboration platform, allowing modellers to model and engineers to engineer.
Herman Oogink, Head of Strategic Alliances, SCIA, says: “We built a unique solution for engineers working in a federated BIM workflow. Our dedicated web application for engineers is helping them to convert a structural model coming from any CAD system into an analysis model. One of the benefits of our solution is that the engineer has full control over the generation of the analysis model, which is important as the analysis model is the responsibility of the engineer, and also the results are his/her responsibility. So, having the full control is extremely important.”
