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Building information modeling
- Structural design and construction documentation for structures in steel,
 concrete, and timber
- Choice to work in 2D plans, 3D models, or both – with a single set of tools
- Integrated analytical model with finite elements, nodes, boundary conditions and member releases, loads and load combinations
- "Tweaking" of analytical model without effect on physical model
- Support for a large variety of cross-sections; straight, curved, B-spline
- Placement of cross-sections by nine cardinal points and centroid
- Automatic placement of intermediate members between two beams
- Automatic alignment perpendicular to sloping supporting members
- Automatic user-definable cutbacks and coping of intersecting members
Placement of bracings and cross-bracings
- Support for all SJI K-Series bar joists
- Modifications (size, placement point, cut back, …) to single, selected, or all members
Parametric and feature-based structural design
- Dimension-driven creation and
 modification of structural components
- Creation of virtually any form with solid modeling tools and feature modeling
- Double-curved surfaces and solids for accurate construction information and smooth rendering
- Parametric creation of steel trusses with verticals, diagonals and sub-diagonals, gusset plates etc.
- Support for all major metric and imperial steel section tables (American, British, Asia-Pacific, European, Canadian and others)
Ease of Use
- Work in plan, elevation, isometric, or perspective view
- AccuDraw function
- Choice to work in 2D plans, 3D models, or both – with a single set of tools
- Storage of "most recently used" input
- Enforcement of national, corporate, and project standards
- Multiple filtering options, e.g. by level, by symbology, by attribute, by selection set, …
- Customizable interface and workspaces
- Floor management tool for floors and floor reference planes
- On-line help
Coordinated construction documentation
 Plans, framing layouts, sections, and elevations created with extraction rules for resymbolization and member annotation
- User-definable labeling, e.g. member size, top of steel, delta top of steel, slope, etc.
- Material-dependent hatching and patterning of cross sections
- Quantity takeoffs, member schedules, volume and weight analyses, center of gravity, and other reports
- Compatibility with office automation tools for further processing and formatting
International and custom standards support
- Create, manage, verify, and enforce company and project standards
- Support for U.S. and other national CAD standards
- Support of DGN, DWG, DXF, PDF, STEP, IGES, IFC 2x3, and other major industry standards
Integration with analysis, detailing, and fabrication
- Seamless integration with Bentley’s STAAD.Pro and RAM International products
- Direct integration with Oasys GSA
- Full ‘round-tripping’, i.e. export design model to analysis, update design model with analysis result
- Design history to review changes
- Export/import of industry-standards CIMsteel CIS/2 and SDNF for analysis, steel detailing, and fabrication
- Import/export of IFC 2x3, the emerging standard for sharing building information
Visual Basic for Applications
- Wizards to create steel trusses, bar joists, handrails, columns with corbels, haunches, platforms, and other structural components
- Development of custom wizards and applications
Design visualization and 3D output
- High-end integrated rendering and animation tools,
including radiosity and particle tracing
- Export to STL to support rapid model making and prototyping with 3D printers, laser cutters, and stereo lithography machines
- Support of 3D Web formats, such as VRML, QuickVision, panoramas
- Publish Structural Modeler models to the Google Earth environment
Support of 3D within Adobe PDF
- Creation of Adobe PDF documents directly from Bentley Architecture with embedded 3D navigational models
- Include DGN and DWG drawings, project documents, renderings, and interactive and animated 3D models
- Navigate models in PDF using hyperlinks and bookmarks
Interoperability with building design, engineering and analysis
Integration with management environment
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