Structural analysis interfaces
Structural analytical BIM: idealization and exchange checks
Audit a small physical-to-analytical transfer and document assumptions and discrepancies.
What you will be able to do
Audit a small physical-to-analytical transfer and document assumptions and discrepancies.
Explore the course curriculum
Open each section to explore the planned learning activities.
Define the idealization
- Separate physical geometry from analytical members and nodes
- Record assumptions about load paths, supports and releases
Prepare a controlled model
- Review connectivity, axes, offsets and material mapping
- Check units and section orientation before export
Verify the receiving model
- Compare nodes, members, restraints and applied loads
- Investigate missing or duplicated analytical objects
Review results and changes
- Perform basic equilibrium and plausibility checks
- Reconcile returned changes without overwriting reviewed design decisions
Deliberate failure workshop
- Diagnose disconnected analytical nodes after an exchange
- Record the cause, controlled correction and independent recheck
Technical review and release
- Present the exercise evidence to a second reviewer
- Resolve review findings and publish the accepted training package
Before you start
Structural engineering fundamentals and competence with the selected analysis package.