Reinforced concrete

[Anonymous]

Has anyone tried using Inventor to produce 3D
reinforced concrete drawings and schedules ?

I know that Revit Structural is parametric, but it
doesn't touch this subject.

Regards

Tiss

[Anonymous]

I hesitate to answer because I have not gotten to the drawing and
schedule phase yet but others have in our company. We have used IV for
reinforced concrete drawings and schedules. Attached is a jpg of the
most recent concrete layout I have been working on.



Tiss wrote:
> Has anyone tried using Inventor to produce 3D reinforced concrete
> drawings and schedules ?
>
> I know that Revit Structural is parametric, but it doesn't touch this
> subject.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Tiss

[Anonymous]

Looks good

Do you find this produced a time saving, or was it more for presentation.

How do you do the manuals, through Inventor or manually ?

Regards



Tiss
"SGough >" <"No Email Reply"@here.com> wrote in message
news:5092424@discussion.autodesk.com...
I hesitate to answer because I have not gotten to the drawing and
schedule phase yet but others have in our company. We have used IV for
reinforced concrete drawings and schedules. Attached is a jpg of the
most recent concrete layout I have been working on.



Tiss wrote:
> Has anyone tried using Inventor to produce 3D reinforced concrete
> drawings and schedules ?
>
> I know that Revit Structural is parametric, but it doesn't touch this
> subject.
>
> Regards
>

>
>
> Tiss

[Anonymous]

The time saving question is very hard to answer. I think it was easier
to model in IV than draw in AutoCAD but I would not have said this
within the first 6 months of moving to IV. The time savings comes when
changes need to be made and on later concrete models when I can reuse
this model.

The presentation is just a plus to me but the non-technical people in
our company like it alot. It is much easier to convey to them and the
concrete contractor exactly what needs to be done.

I am not sure what you mean by "manuals". If you mean rebar schedule,
that is done in IV on the drawings which I have not gotten to yet for
the concrete.


Tiss wrote:
> Looks good
>
> Do you find this produced a time saving, or was it more for presentation.
>
> How do you do the manuals, through Inventor or manually ?
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Tiss
> "SGough >" <"No Email Reply"@here.com> wrote in message
> news:5092424@discussion.autodesk.com...
> I hesitate to answer because I have not gotten to the drawing and
> schedule phase yet but others have in our company. We have used IV for
> reinforced concrete drawings and schedules. Attached is a jpg of the
> most recent concrete layout I have been working on.
>
>
>
> Tiss wrote:
>
>>Has anyone tried using Inventor to produce 3D reinforced concrete
>>drawings and schedules ?
>>
>>I know that Revit Structural is parametric, but it doesn't touch this
>>subject.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>
>
>>
>>Tiss

[delavavogo]

So in order to evaluate the structure would you have to build it and put it through stress analyses? If you could make it clearer because making a complex concrete design would go soother if there were shortcuts that you could tell me about.

[JDMather]

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@delavavogo wrote:

So in order to evaluate the structure would you have to build it and put it through stress analyses?....

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I do not see any information related to analysis in this old thread.

Inventor analysis tools are limited to isotropic materials and relatively non-brittle materials.

Concrete is not isotropic.

Concrete is relatively brittle.

Use caution in interpreting your analysis.

[Mark.Lancaster]

@delavavogo

This posting is 11 years old and the individuals that participated in this posting, their accounts are archived an no longer active.  Might want create your own posting the next time but it looks like JD has pointed you in the right direction.

[delavavogo]

So what your saying is that because Inventor bases its analysis on perfect materials it might not accurately predict the point of failure since It cannot calculate the fracture load. Would there be a good rule of thumb I could use to tell when it will likely fail, or is there a better way to evaluate a reinforced structure, perhaps something I missed?

I will start a new subject to see if I can get others to respond and help me figure this out, but thank you for your help.