1. The Use of GTSTRUDL and AutoCad 2006 in a Real Project Harold F. Wiedeman, P.E. Wiedeman and Singleton, Inc. June 22, 2006

2. 2 Goals and Objectives l Design Structure. l Document and Check Design. l Produce Contract Documents.

3. 3 UV FILTER BUILDING NEWNAN, GEORGIA Foundation Construction

4. 4 Piping Gallery Construction

5. 5 Interior Concrete - Process

6. 6 Chemical Flooring

7. 7 1 st Stage Steel

8. 8 Mezzanine Flooring

9. 9 Control Room

10. 10 Superstructure

11. 11 Roof

12. 12 Precast Panels - Finished

13. 13 Superstructure

14. 14 Goals and Objectives l Design Structure. l Document and Check Design. l Produce Contract Documents.

15. 15 AISC Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges l Member Section and Location. l Joint Configuration and Location. l Column Centerline. l Floor Levels - Top of Steel. l Camber - Unloaded Condition. l Other Requirements - Not GTSTRUDL related

16. 16 COMMAND.TXT POINTS.TXT CINPUT SUPPORTS.TXT CINPUT MEMBERS.TXT CINPUT GROUPS.TXT CINPUT W&S GTSTRUDL MODEL STRUCTURE PHYSICAL MEMBERS.TXT CINPUT LOADINGS.TXT CINPUT Etc. etc. etc….. CINPUT

17. 17 strudl 'NEWNAN06' 'NEWNAN WTP UV-FILTER BUILDING' cinput 'jointsxz.txt' cinput 'supports.txt' cinput 'membersframe.txt' cinput 'groups.txt' cinput 'PhysicalMembers.txt' cinput 'ProfileAssignment.txt' cinput 'loadings.txt' cinput 'loadcases.txt' cinput 'releases.txt' stiffn cinput 'steelpar.txt' $cinput 'steelcheck.txt' $cinput 'DBXOutput.txt' $cinput 'connectioncommands.txt' $ Deflection $cinput 'deflectioncommands.txt'

18. 18 W&S MODEL NOMENCLATURE l Limited to 8 Characters - GTSTRUDL LIMIT l JOINTS - Type + Area + Level + Number - “J” + “FLT” + 1 + 01 - “J” + “FLT” + 1 + 01 - “JFLT101” - “JFLT101” l MEMBERS - Type + Area + Connected Joint - “C” + “FLT” + “101” - “C” + “FLT” + “101” - “CFLT101” - “CFLT101” l ELEMENTS - NOT ON THIS PROJECT !!!

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21. 21JOINTS 3D 2D

22. 22 CONNECT THE DOTS…...

23. 23 POINT BLOCK HIGHLIGHT INDICATES FIELDS - AUTOMATIC UPDATE

24. 24 PARAMETRIC MEMBER BLOCK

25. 25 PARAMETRIC BLOCK IN DRAWING HIGHLIGHT INDICATES FIELDS - AUTOMATIC UPDATE

26. 26 AUTOCAD TO GTSTRUDL l USE ATTEXT FROM COMMAND LINE, SPECIFY CSV FORMAT l PICK ITEMS FOR EXPORT TO GTSTRUDL l REQUIRES TEMPLATE FILE - SEE AUTOCAD DOCS l MANIPULATE CSV FILE IN EXCEL l REMEMBER TO TRANSFORM FROM XY TO XZ PLANE

27. 27 AUTOCAD MODEL

28. 28 GTSTRUDL TO AUTOCAD l GENERATE DBX FILES l USE GTS2ACAD TO PRODUCE DXF l OPEN DXF IN AUTOCAD AND CLEAN UP l REFERENCE DRAWING IN PROJECT

29. 29 GENERATE DBX FILES LISTING FOR DBXOUTPUT.TXT UNITS FEET DBX FILE SPECS ASCII80 WRITE REPLACE JOINT ATTRIBUTES JOINTS EXISTING WRITE REPLACE MEMBER ATTRIBUTES MEMBERS EXISTING WRITE REPLACE MEMBER CONSTANTS MEMBERS EXISTING WRITE REPLACE MEMBER PROPERTIES MEMBERS EXISTING WRITE REPLACE GROUP DATA ALL WRITE DIRECTORY 'STDBX01' ASCII80

30. 30 GTSTRUDL TO AUTOCAD l GENERATE DBX FILES l USE GTS2ACAD TO PRODUCE DXF l OPEN DXF IN AUTOCAD AND CLEAN UP l REFERENCE DRAWING IN PROJECT

31. 31GTS2ACAD l CREATE ANSWER FILE l “PIPE” ANSWER FILE TO GTS2ACAD

32. 32 GTSTRUDL TO AUTOCAD l GENERATE DBX FILES l USE GTS2ACAD TO PRODUCE DXF l OPEN DXF IN AUTOCAD AND CLEAN UP l REFERENCE DRAWING IN PROJECT

33. 33 OVERALL DXF

34. 34 3D DXF

35. 35 2D DXF SECTION l ALL LAYERS ON

36. 36 2D DXF SECTION l ONE LAYER ON - EL YZ 4683

37. 37 GTSTRUDL TO AUTOCAD l GENERATE DBX FILES l USE GTS2ACAD TO PRODUCE DXF l OPEN DXF IN AUTOCAD AND CLEAN UP l REFERENCE DRAWING IN PROJECT

38. 38 FINISHED SECTION l DXF SAVED TO DWG FILE AND SLIGHTLY EDITED l DIMENSIONS AND NOTES ARE IN SEPARATE FILE l CROSS REFERENCED TO PLOT FILE

39. 39 HUMBLE (?) SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE MY LIFE EASIER l LONGER ALPHA NUMBERIC LABELS l FIX THE MNU FILES l VERTICAL TEXT FIX IN GTS2ACAD l PHYSICAL MEMBERS IN GTS2ACAD l JOINTS AS AUTOCAD POINTS l COLUMN LINE LENGTH AT SUPPORTS

40. 40 DISCUSSION!!