Application of BIM in Spatial Structures

This class will show you how to use database and data-interface techniques to check data interoperability between major Building Information Modeling (BIM) platforms (Revit software, for example) and structural calculation and analysis applications (Midas, for example)—all with the goal of highly improving the efficiency of structural design workflow. The practical techniques we will introduce include: using the parametric modeling method to build complex steel joints and quickly generate the whole structural model; using AutoCAD software to automatically generate 2D drawings for spatial structures; and using Navisworks project review software to build an integrated 3D visual model from a variety of model sources. We will also share the latest progress in 2 real space-structure projects—a large-span structure for a stadium and a 500-meters aperture spherical telescope. The above methodologies have been applied in these projects, and design data were smoothly brought into construction phase.