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Wind loads on buildings according to EN 1991-1-4 RO

Wind loads should be defined using EN 1991-1-4 and the national annex or Romania. This not the easiest part of Eurocode to understand. Fortunately, Diamonds has a generator with which you can easily determine the wind loads on truss-shaped buildings.

Sep 06, 2024

Interview with CEO Geert Goossens on BuildSoft's journey and structural analysis trends

Interview with Geert Goossens, CEO of BuildSoft

Interview with Geert Goossens on structural analysis trends of 2023. Geert Goossens, BuildSoft’s CEO, on how he sees the company’s journey and what the future entails for structural analysis software and the construction industry.

Dec 02, 2022

Structural engineering

Settlement calculation with Diamonds – interview with Dorothee De Pauw

Settlement calculation is a common task for a structural engineer but not an easy one. On the other hand, Eurocode 7 has limitations for calculating settlement. It only provides general recommendations, not hands-on formulas and design rules. In this context, it is essential to find alternative calculation models for settlement.

Jun 27, 2022

Structural engineeringDiamonds

Basics of a structural analysis model – schematizing is an art

As structural engineers, we are instructed to calculate a structure so that it doesn’t collapse. We’ll have to verify whether the construction meets certain requirements in terms of strength, stability, and stiffness. To create the structural analysis model, we start from the architectural model.

May 25, 2022

Structural engineeringbuildsoft

BIM interoperability tools – interview with Jorge Canales Bruno

We have asked our colleague Jorge Canales Bruno, Senior Product Engineer, to join us for an interview about BIM interoperability tools. With the increasing demand for interoperability between various software packages, we have approached this topic in more detail to help our customers and fans to understand this...

Apr 28, 2022

Structural engineeringBIM