CADWorx Structure 2018

What’s New

Aimee Ferguson, CADWorx Structure Product Owner

7 November 2017
Agenda

1. Theme and Statistics

2. Demo
3. What’s New List
4. Questions

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History of CADWorx in the Structure Discipline

March 2004 December 2014 April 2017

CADWorx Steel CADWorx Steel 2015 CADWorx Structure
Introduced Released 2017 R1

Intergraph Acquires CADWorx Structure CADWorx Structure

COADE 2017 2018
January 2010 October 2016 October 2017

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2017 Theme (Jan 2016 - March 2017)
1. Provide CADWorx Steel Replacement
a) Structure Editor e) Drawings
b) Members (Beams, Columns, Bracing, Secondary f) BOM
Framing) g) Export
c) Plates (Structural, Base, Gusset) h) Weight and Center of Gravity Calculator
d) Assemblies (Handrails, Stairs, Ladders, Grating, i) Selection Filters
Decking)

2018 Theme (April 2017 - September 2017)

1. Provide Tools Necessary for Typical Structural Department
a) Concrete (Members, Slabs, Walls, Foundations)
b) Import
c) Drawing Templates
d) Clash Detection

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Demo: Enhancements for 2018

# Enhancement Description
1 Tapered and Haunch Members
2 Concrete Slabs
3 Concrete Footings/Foundations
4 Concrete Walls
5 Spiral Stairs
6 CIS/2 Physical Import with Change Management
7 Clash Detection
8 Drawing Enhancements
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Poll Question

Which topic are you most excited to hear more about

today?
A. Concrete Modeling Tools

B. Import with Change Management Tools

C. Tapered and Haunched Members

D. Clash Detection

E. Spiral Stairs
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Tapered and Haunch Members

• Member Enhancements
• Tapered
• Wide Flange
• Circular
• Custom
• Haunch
• Wide Flange
• Circular
• Custom
• Placement Options
• Standard Member Placement

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 Tapered Members
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Concrete

• Members
• Standard
• Parametric
Slab
• Slabs
• Footings/Foundations
• Slab
Footing
• Pier
Sump Wall
• Grout
• Combined

• Walls
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 Slabs
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 Walls
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“Top of Wall” Setting

Constant Top
Elevation

Follows Bottom
Contour

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 Footings
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 Spiral Stairs
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CIS/2 Import with Change Management

• Import CIS/2 files

• Analysis
• Physical/Design
• Additions/Deletions/Modifications
• Specify Defaults
• Define Mapping
• Change Management
• Review change
• Graphical Preview
• Accept/Ignore Change
• Log File

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 Don’t Model the Same Structure Twice!

Structural Structural
Analysis Detailing
Software Software

Import CIS/2
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Poll Question

When would you prefer to perform the clash detection

process?
A. While modeling my structural objects; I’ll take the performance hit to get instant
feedback.

B. Daily; I’ll resolve any clashes on my schedule so my software performance is most

efficient.

C. Once a week during interdisciplinary meetings: Clashes are resolved by compromise

between two or more parties.

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Clash Detection

• Define Clash Volumes graphically

• Installation
• Usability
• Define Settings
• Tolerances
• Colors
• Run Clash Detection against model
• Review Clashes in table format
• Accept/Ignore
• Prioritize
• Export to Excel for easy committee review
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 Clash Detection
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Drawing Enhancements

• New Drawing Template Creation

• New Viewport Definition
• Easy View box definitions
• Updated Palette Approach
• Single Line Steel
• 2D Rep
• Drawing List Manager
• Out of Date
• Archive

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 Drawings
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 Parametric Members
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Features added or updated with CADWorx Structure 2018
Feature Demo
You can insert tapered and haunched members, which minimizes steel, and lowers cost, weight, and
space. The software includes tapered and haunched members in bill of materials, and weight and center 
of gravity reports.
Updated the Shapes palette to include options for circular and rectangular concrete members.
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You can create and insert custom parametric sections in your 3D model.
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Insert walls in your 3D model.
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Insert footings in your 3D model.
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You can insert spiral stairs around a vessel or a central post with the Cylindrical option in the Stair
palette. 
You can create deliverable drawings with the Create Drawings option. After creation of drawings, you
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can Modify, view the Drawing List, and update settings.
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Features added or updated with CADWorx Structure 2018
Feature Demo
Add concrete slabs to your model. Slabs can automatically include metal decking and thickened edges
for more efficient modeling. 
The footing, wall, slab, and concrete member features include the following:

Export and import solids in CIS/2 for rebar detailing.

Report on the bill of materials, and the Weight and Center of Gravity calculations.

Added more Process Industry Practice (PIP) standard options for handrails. You can now select the Angle
Connection type for the Railing Connection when placing a handrail, and define the Bracket Length and
the Length Above Member.
Created a new palette called Area Objects and moved Grating, Decking,
and Plates from the Assemblies palette into this palette. Added Slabs and Walls for insertion. 

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Features added or updated with CADWorx Structure 2018
Feature Demo
Added the clash detection palette that allows you to identify and fix clashes between intersecting
objects. You can also identify and outline soft clash volumes. 
Added Clash Detection settings and Drawing Template settings to the Structure Setup.
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You can import a CIS/2 data file (.stp) into your 3D model for change management.
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Updated structure members to visually show custom data in the model space.

Added the Apply Change Data rule in the Rules tab of the Structure Setup. The Apply Change Data rule
provides the option to edit without updating components.

Added an Elevations option to the column grid. Added elevations make it easier to place columns
between floors using Pick Points.
Added the Ungroup command to break assemblies into individual members.
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Features added or updated with CADWorx Structure 2018
Feature Demo
Updated Weight and Center of Gravity to include external referenced (XREF) objects.

You can adjust the table properties for a bill of material with the CAD table properties.

Enhanced the view box to define views based on specific drawing selections. You can select a view
for Plan, Elevation, Details, and Pick Points.
Enhanced the palettes. The software now remembers previously entered information in the CADWorx
Structure palettes when you close and then reopen a palette.
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You can view read-only component properties of legacy steel.
Enhanced the Selection Filters option to limit model space selections in your 3D model. You can limit
walls, footings, custom data, and slabs.

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 We appreciate your
attendance!

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Contacts

www.coade.com/products/cadworx-structure

Hexagon PPM CADWorx Structure Group

Aimee.Ferguson@Hexagon.com

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