Tutorial

SCIA Engineer BIM link for steel member design (EN)

Stahl

Connection

Checkbot

Member

EN (Eurocode)

SCIA Engineer

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Following this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to design and code-check a structural steel member using the BIM link between SCIA Engineer and IDEA StatiCa.

So aktivieren Sie den Link

Downloaden und installieren Sie (als Administrator) die aktuelle Version von IDEA StatiCa
Vergewissern Sie sich, dass Sie die unterstützte Version verwenden

IDEA StatiCa integriert den BIM-Link während der Installation automatisch in Ihre FEA-/BIM-Lösung. Sie können den Status überprüfen und weitere BIM-Links für nachträglich installierte Software im BIM-Link-Installer aktivieren.

Öffnen Sie IDEA StatiCa und navigieren Sie zum Bereich BIM und öffnen Sie den BIM Link Installer. Eventuell erscheint eine Meldung Als Administrator ausführen, bitte bestätigen Sie mit Ja.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass einige FEA-Lösungen zusätzliche Schritte erfordern, um ihre BIM-Verbindung zu IDEA StatiCa vollständig zu aktivieren.

Öffnen Sie IDEA StatiCa und navigieren Sie zum Tab BIM und öffnen Sie den BIM-Link-Installer (Aktivieren deinen BIM-Link...).

Eine Benachrichtigung "Möchten Sie zulassen, dass diese Anwendung Änderungen an Ihrem Gerät vornimmt?" erscheinen, wenn ja, bestätigen Sie dies bitte mit Ja.

Der BIM-Link für die ausgewählte Software (falls gefunden) wird installiert. Der Bildschirm informiert Sie auch über den Status anderer BIM-Links, die möglicherweise bereits installiert wurden.

How to use IDEA StatiCa Checkbot

Download the attached project, open it in SCIA Engineer, and run the calculation to get the internal forces over the structure.

After that, run the IDEA StatiCa Checkbot application.

Select the New option with project type Steel and design code EN. Then select Create project.

The new Checkbot project is ready to import connections and members from SCIA Engineer.

In SCIA Engineer, select one of the inside members, as shown in the picture.

Import

Then in Checkbot select Member.

This will import the beam and its load effects into Checkbot - with the exact coordinates, orientations, and section sizes as per the FEA/BIM model.

Please note that your node and member numbering might be different, also the elevation position of the member itself.

As you can see, the selected member with all related members was imported.

You can check the internal forces. Select Draw, then the desired internal force and combination, then left-click on the connection box and follow the steps below in the picture.

Elements can be merged together directly in Checkbot, then in the Member application; they will be a single continuous element.

Merge both perpendicular related members. Left-click the I-profile M-82, select Merge operation, then tick the M83 box in the merge design window, and follow the steps as shown in the picture.

In this window, you will see an informative alert about the operation that will occur, accept it.

Make the same merging action for another group of I-profile. After changes, our model should look as in the following pictures.

member with imported eccentricities

member without imported eccentricities

You can control what load case or combination will be loaded to the Member application by clicking on Loads and managing Result classes for checks.

Here in Load Configurator, you can add load cases for the member application. Please notice by default the Evaluate critical results function is enabled, which filters critical combinations to speed up the calculation. You can turn it off and all combinations will be included in the calculation.

Members modul

Now we can open the Member application. Just left-click on Open.

Here you can see our Member application.

In the beginning, let us design the joints of the member U-profile, so please select the first connection and click on Edit connection. As you can see now I-profiles are represented by one continuous element, thanks to the merging we made.