Simultaneous design and build, using a common platform continued
Both Trimble Quadri and Tekla Structures have software
connectors to the widely used parametric design toolGrasshopper
3D. Thus, the Tekla models can be updated parametrically from
Grasshopper based on updated road geometry from Quadri.
"If, for example, due to geotechnical conditions, you need to add
two extra columns, and the ten that were already planned around
those two, are to be repositioned, there's no problem adding
those new ones. Changes from geotechnics are incorporated
immediately, and then these can lead to new analyses that are
communicated back," he continues. "The common understanding
of what is going on is important when there are many changes
taking place close to delivery. Working simultaneously on the
design while construction is happening, requires that the models
need to be clearly marked with the Model Maturity level that they
have reached."
The common understanding
of what is going on is
important when there are
many changes taking place
close to delivery"
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