dc.description.abstract | Building Information Modeling (BIM) is widely used in practice nowadays, however the structural analysis capabilities of BIM software are still not sufficient enough to replace the traditional software. As a result, this study utilizes BIM to conduct modularization and import the result of modularization from BIM into the traditional structural analysis software for the information of optimized cross-sections. Finally, we import the results of the optimized cross-sections back to BIM software and renew the sizes of pillars to match the objectives that can both save raw materials and integrate BIM with the traditional structural analysis software.
There are two kinds of the most widely-used BIM software in the industry as modularizing software, which are Revit, introduced by Autodesk, and Tekla that was acquired by Trimble. Specifically, Revit has better integration than Tekla in terms of structures and mechanics. Therefore, this study selects Revit as the primary modularizing software for the ability to integrate more aspects of building information.
For the structural analysis software, ETABS, introduced by CSI, and SAP200 are more frequently used in the industry. In comparison, ETABS is more applied to buildings, and SAP2000 can be used in less symmetric scenario. In order not to be limited in building applications in the following research, we choose SAP200 for higher flexibility.
The results of this study can completely transform the linear component model from Revit to SAP2000 and the information of the sizes of cross-sections after the optimization can be completely extracted from SAP2000 that is able to read the parameters of the optimized design and modify the Revit model. | en_US |