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Published on: 8/1/2008
Last Visited: 9/11/2008
President Florian Aalami highlighted strengths of the company's integrated design software for post-tensioned (P/T) or reinforced concrete (RC) floor systems and mat foundations.
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Dr. Aalami emphasized that Adapt-Builder software aims to capitalize on its particular strength, which is providing 'intelligent' objects for Revit.Thus, Adapt's Dynamic Rebar Design facilitates interaction with rebar elements in a BIM environment to ensure appropriate adjustments and proper placement, as well as definition of base reinforcement.Rebar detailing, then, is accomplished via Adapt, as Revit supplies the concrete shell design.An effective interface with Revit and ETABS allows importation of data, e.g., geometry plus gravity and lateral loads, applicable to slab and foundation design; and, two-way information exchange permits structural integration in a 3-D model.Future iterations of Adapt-Builder, Aalami noted, would likely target multistory design, construction sequencing, and time-dependent material properties, including creep and shrinkage. — www.adaptsoft.com