VIRTUAL BRIDGE STRUCTURES™
The 3D
Virtual technologies represent a major contribution to solving the
Interoperability problems for the construction industry.
These
3D Virtual technologies are called ``level III`` and they are seamlessly
integrated fully and totally with the SAFI engineering applications and
products.
The SAFI 3D Virtual technologies
are seamless, truly integrated for the cycles of Analysis, Design, Detailing
and Fabrication. Any parameter or variable is defined once through the 3D
Virtual simulation and shared by all applications and participants.
The SAFI 3D Virtual model, is an
innovative approach that reduces the potential of errors inherent with the
incompatible and often needless data exchange of information, it increases the
productivity of the end users, improve the communication between the various
users working on a given project from the Conceptual Design to Fabrication and
Erection of the structures in fields.
End User’s:
·
Engineers
·
Detailers
·
Fabricators
·
Architects
·
Construction
industry for all sectors
·
Universities
& technical schools
Main site: www.safi.com Phone:1-418-654-9454
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June
30th 2005 7th
International Conference On Short & Medium Span Bridges 2006 Le Centre Sheraton Montréal
Hôtel Montréal, Québec, Canada August
23-25, 2006 Design
and Evaluation of Bridges Using Mathematical Virtual Bridge Modeling. Summary
: In
a typical bridge construction project, work is assigned to various groups of
specialists and each one carries a specific project task. Among these groups
are architects, engineers, draftsmen, managers, fabricators, erectors and
administrators. In each corresponding field, information technologies (IT)
have progressed and several valid solutions are available on the market
place. However each application has its own proprietary format and databases
for input and output. This has created a major problem for the construction
industry with respect to the retrieval of useful information from
heterogeneous data sources. The productivity of the bridge construction industry
is affected with the result that expected construction savings are not fully
achieved. Data
exchange protocols are a good step forward, however further efforts in
Software integration are required in order to solve the existing problems. A
virtual bridge model with configurable views for various participants and end
users is presented. The virtual model is aimed at the bridge designers for
the design and evaluation of bridges, estimators and incrementally, the
architects, draftsmen, fabricators and erectors, as well as various other
construction trades. The paper reflects on some applications of this concept
to various types of steel, concrete, pre-tension and steel-wood bridges. Key
Words : Bridge,
Design, Evaluation, Virtual, Steel, Aluminum, Concrete, Pre-tension, Steel
& Wood. Dr.
Rachik Elmaraghy, Eng, Ph.D. SAFI
Quality Software Inc. |
LEVEL I:
Are such as
the Steel Calculator or Connections Calculators:
LEVEL II
BRIDGE Engineering:
LEVEL III Virtual Technologies:
VBS
VIRTUAL
BRIDGE STRUCTURES ™
VBS
Virtual Bridge Structures™
Automated Extraction of Detail
Drawings (DWG format)
from the VBS Virtual model.
Conclusion:
LEVEL I, LEVEL II and LEVEL III Structural
technologies are seamlessly integrated within the SAFI 3D Virtual technologies.
The full integration occurs without
the use of the external protocols of data exchange.
This is the NEXT Generation for Truly INTEGRATED Structural Software
Technologies.
``VBS - Virtual Bridge Structures™``
We invite you to discover the Innovative VBS
Virtual Technologies and do business with us.
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