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Guide

  • Getting started
  • Marking up drawings
  • How load paths are built
  • Exporting member models

Examples

  • Examples
    • Example 1: From sketch to load path
    • Example 2: Manual tags and tagged PDFs
    • Example 3: Vertical load transfers
    • Example 4: Joist prototypes
    • Columns vs walls: reaction types
    • Example 5: Multiple plans on one sheet
    • Example 6: User-drawn trib areas

Reference

  • API reference
    • Data types
    • Reading and plotting drawings
    • Geometry engine
    • Scales
  • Design notes
    • Design: JoistArrayModel on stations and canonical nodes
    • Design: Node Canonicalization for the Geometry Model
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The main entry points are GeometryGraph (build the load path graph), JoistArrayModel (generate joists) and LoadedElement (the exported member models).

  • Data types
  • Reading and plotting drawings
  • Geometry engine
  • Scales
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