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Bentley Structural: Feature list
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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 2x, 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 GT STRUDL, ROBOT, MIDAS/GENw, and SFRAME
- 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 2x, 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 Bentley Structural 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
- Fully integrated with Bentley Architecture, GenerativeComponents, Parametric Cell Studio, Bentley Building Mechanical Systems, Bentley Building Electrical Systems, and more
- A shared multi-disciplinary model for team collaboration and coordination
 Review and management of interferences across multiple files and disciplines in conjunction with Interference Manager (included with Bentley Navigator)
- Simulation of construction schedules in conjunction with Schedule Simulator (included with Bentley Navigator) and project management applications, such as Microsoft® Project or Primavera® P3
Integration with management environment
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