Our new BIM steel joist design component simplifies your process and cuts project costs.

An industry breakthrough – now you can develop and exchange digital, three-dimensional steel joist plans using our new building information modeling (BIM) steel joist design component. The free component contains joist configurations, specifications, material components, and design requirements that can be used from the planning room to the jobsite. The component is a Tekla software add-on. Additional components to come will add on to other brands of 3-D design software.

 

• Elevates steel joist design into the digital age
• Faster, more accurate and cost-efficient design
• Free design component uplifts your BIM steel joist projects
• Works within any BIM platform you choose

   

   

New component addresses three stages of design

The NMBS joist component addresses three stages of digital steel joist project design. First is the “generic” joist object that can be used in the preliminary project stage. This will give the user the ability to model joists in his/her building model for required length, joist specifications and load requirements. Generic joist configurations are based on NMBS standards and member sizes are representative, not actual. These generic joist objects can be identified, quantified, and used as the “project joist profile” for budgeting and pricing.

 

Second is the ability to use the generic joists information within the NMBS detailing-design process. The information contained in these joist objects can be exported and converted into a bill of materials (BOM) used in design of the “prefabricated” joist object. The “prefabricated” joist object can be imported back into the model for review and coordination. This can be done at different stages in the project or as building changes dictate. If the user prefers to work with two-dimensional drawings, the information contained in the NMBS joist detailing system (JDS) can be exported, joist objects designed and imported into the 3-D building model.

 

Third is the final “as built” actual joist configuration, end conditions and member sizes. Once the building is finalized and joists are released for fabrication, the ”as built” joist object can be imported back into the “construction model” and used as the final fabricated joist component.

Coming soon…

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