IMPACT Live

Malmö Live – Malmö’s new conference, concert and hotel centre - is currently being built in the heart of the city. The large, flexible conference building offers a wealth of innovative exhibition opportunities. The concert hall boasts world class acoustics. The hotel has 445 rooms, a spa and two large restaurants, one of which is a sky bar on the 25th floor.
Skanska, SWECO, Ramboll and Prekon i Syd are using IMPACT for modeling, detailing, fabrication and construction. Opening summer 2015.

AutoCAD 2014 Custom Entity Hotfix

Autodesk has released a hotfix for AutoCAD 2014
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=21484847&linkID=9240618

The hotfix is crucial to install in order for IMPACT Precast 12.1 to work properly with AutoCAD 2014. Without this hotfix AutoCAD is not able to open floor plan drawings containing columns and beams.

Open Drawings Folder in PM

Right-click on the Drawings node to open the drawings folder

Tekla Structures Connection

The new Tekla Structures Connection that enables the export of a model from Tekla Structures 17 or 18  to FEM-Design 11.01 is now available on the download page.

New course: Revit 2013 - FEM-Design connection

StruSoft offers a Revit Add-In that enables to export the Revit analytical model along with its properties directly into FEM-Design, where the structural analysis and design of the structure can be carried out.

Based on our experience related to consultancy of Revit analytical models, we recognized that engineers are lacking the knowledge on how to prepare and adjust the Revit model and therefore, are loosing the chance to benefit from the possible export to finite element software. The main common issues are: