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for Building Analysis and Design

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 ALL IN ONE DESIGN SYSTEM
Next Generation Solution for Building Analysis and Design

Easy & Fast CAD Building Specialized

based Modeling Loading
Modeling
• Cad Tracing based modeling • Slab Load
• Auto-generation of members • Auto-generation of wind and
Quantity from 2D drawings seismic loads
Analysis
Takeoff

INTEGRATION

Design
Design Calculation
Report

Drawings

Auto-generation of Optimum Design Accurate Analysis

Output Results
• Auto-generation of structural • Optimum section size by • Auto-generation of mesh by members
drawings and reports preliminary design • Various analysis cases which can be
• Quantity takeoffs by members, • Status of design acceptance criteria separately or jointly analyzed
materials, etc. displayed in colors

AUTOMATION OPTIMIZATION HIGH QUALITY

Reduce Production Time Enhance Optimized Quantity High Quality Standardization of
Significantly Takeoff Design Deliverables

• Auto-generation of members from
2D CAD Tracing
• Auto-generation of mesh
• Automatic design checks
• Auto-generation of drawing /
design report / quantity takeoff
• Optimum section size by preliminary design
• Auto-calculation of steel sections &
reinforcement reflecting minimum
weights and constructability
• Auto-generation of structural
calculation report
BENEFITS midas nGen is the most advanced structural engineering system, which has integrated the total process of
• High-quality structural drawings structural engineering practice – 3D modeling, analysis, design and 2D drawings. With the automation and
• Auto-compilation of quantity takeoff optimization facility, it generates a comprehensive structural drawings, structural calculation reports and
reflecting constructability quantity takeoffs, which helps the engineers reduce time required to produce high quality design deliverables
and gain productivity.
MODELING LOADING & ANALYSIS
Easy & fast CAD based modeling Through grid and tracing modeling Practical loading definition for building design Intuitive user interface for fast data input

Initial Sway Imperfections

[Before]
Wall Line

wall
Structural Center

Column

Column line Beam Edge line

[After]

CAD based modeling CAD Tracing Auto-generation of members Member offset Define slab load Define wind & seismic loads Define notional load Define loading functions
•Define members by a way of •Assign members on CAD tracing •Auto-generation of members •Set the reference of section to •Definition of slab loads to slab •Auto-generation of wind and •Auto-generation of notional •Loading definition in the form
drawing lines in CAD lines using Cad Tracing the top of beam or slab members seismic loadings for a building loads as per Eurocode and of a user-defined function
•Use snap points, or define a •Snap points on intersect or end (Walls, Columns and Beams) members •Easy revision of applied loading •Loading profile and report BS code •Definition of soil pressure
member by specifying the points of CAD tracing •Auto-generation of slab by •Members auto-cut or merged value and area generation •Equivalent horizontal force loading using geotechnical
coordinates of the member end •Auto-generation of members by recognizing closed area reflecting the connectivity •Seismic loading input due to based on the user-defined investigation results
points recognizing CAD layer between member types Response Spectrum function proportion ratio of the vertical •Change the loading positions
•Various editing functionality load by moving the member
such as Extend / Trim / Offset

Accurate analytical model simulation Various modeling features and boundary conditions Advanced analysis features Accurate results and auto-generation of mesh

Plate Beam Linear Analysis Modal Analysis Buckling Analysis

Crane Analysis Construction

Stage Analysis

Wall Column
Modeling of Slab & Beam
for Different level

Accurate construction Multi-tower building Multiple diaphragms Opening Parametric design using analysis cases Auto-generation of mesh Direct Analysis Method
shape simulation reflecting connections
•Wind and seismic loads •Define multiple diaphragms •Easy generation of opening •Significantly fast analysis speed for linear static, modal, buckling, between members •As a new design method for
•Plate-Beam member assigned by towers for diverse mass centers in •Auto-generation of mesh crane and construction stage analysis stability, Direct Analysis Method
•Wall-Column member the identical floor level •Auto-create an analytical model (DAM) is available which includes
•Auto-generation of floor reflecting various shape of •Create various analysis cases composed of combinations of Members +
from a geometric shape model nominal geometric imperfection
•Arc Wall member diaphragm for each tower •Automatic generation of opening Loads + Boundary Conditions of the modeling data, which can be
for which midas nGen creates and stiffness reduction effects
diaphragm by floors separately or jointly analyzed, or coupled analysis can be performed
fictitious nodes at the directly within the structural
•Combine member force results of various analysis cases as required connection positions where analysis for more accurate
at the design stage members meet. structural behavior.
DESIGN OUTPUTS
Optimal steel section and reinforcement calculations Optimum design for minimum quantity Auto-generation of high-quality outputs Structural calculation report and structural drawings

Steel Section Optimal Design Rebar Placement Optimal Design

Search for optimal sections satisfying the target stiffness Calculate the member capacity satisfying the target design
specified for each design category strength ratio for each design category

Calculate the total member sections based on the continuity Calculate the minimum reinforcement ratio of the most
of members and their constructability unfavorable member for each member group

Obtain design member forces after new analysis Calculate the reinforcement in reference to the bar
placement range settings by section sizes

Perform design checks Perform design checks

Target Ratio Demand Target Ratio Demand Structural calculation report Structural drawings
Capacity Capacity
•Auto-arrange modeling and analysis result graphics to be inserted in •Generate and edit structural drawings from midas Drawing of a
Search for optimal section Search for optimal section the report from Grid / Plan information 2D CAD environment
•User specified templates to use identical report format repetitively •Auto-generate Column Layout Plan / Framing Plans / Elevations /
Calculation of optimal steel sections Calculation of optimal reinforcing steel •One click to generate a structural calculation report integrated with Sections / Loading Plans / Equipment Pad Layout / Member List
•Perform steel section calculations through •Calculate the reinforcement of minimum modeling, drawing and analysis result data •Create sections from framing plans at desired locations on plans in real time
searching for optimal sections from the section quantity reflecting the positions and spacing of •Use specified templates to define the CAD properties of all the auto-
database on the basis of the target strength rebars with respect to the width and depth of generated drawing composition entities. Freely change the templates
2D member design
ratios of all the design categories including the member based on the target strength ratio as necessary
•Optimal rebar placement for relative displacements for each design category
wall and slab members •Control the range of section sizes by member •In case of plate members, auto-calculate the
•Summary and detail design groups while keeping the auto-control of limiting reinforcement corresponding to the x/y local
report for 2D members sections by member connection conditions directions
Auto-compilation of member quantities reflecting
Automation of design Intuitive setting for design parameters & checking design results Member quantities and interface system constructability and two way interface system

Steel Weight
Fire Roofing Volume

Auto-definition of design Auto-generation of load Graphical design evaluation Detail design results check Concrete Volume
Rebar Weight Form Area
parameters by members combinations results
•Auto-define design parameters •Auto-generate load combinations •Check the design results of •Select a member from the
Structural calculation report
as per design codes by design using a template by load types the total model through model view and generate a
Interface
positions based on a specified design code strength ratios represented structural calculation report in •Quantity calculations by lengths of a unit member and member groups
•Set design parameters all at •Mange the design code based in colored graphics of design the Word format •Compilation of quantities based on center-to-center of members or •3D Tools Import / Export
once, and check / edit the data load combination templates assessment categories •Assess the detail design results lengths considering the member joints - Extract and import member information including geometric
in a table form through implementing user •Classify the design assessment of all the design check items by shape offsets
•Quantities of steel members by steel grades / classification of
•Check auto-calculated design defined database categories considering the members in a table concrete compressive strengths •Analysis Software Import / Export
parameters such as unbraced specified target ratio - Export analysis data (Special loadings are auto-converted to nodal
•Quantities by rebar diameters loadings.) and import analysis results and data of an analysis
lengths in contour graphics
•Calculation of formwork areas / fireproofing / anticorrosive agent area software model, and generate design deliverables using midas nGen