An engineering atelier · Est. MMXXVI
Calculations, drawings & estimates, crafted for civil engineers.
Five discipline wings, thirteen interactive studios and 435+ design calculations — sketch a frame and get a dimensioned drawing, drive a truck over a bridge, drain a retaining wall, drive a pile to set. Everything runs in your browser and exports to Excel, PDF and CAD.
11interactive studios
435+design calculations
231lab demos
43whole-structure estimators
18construction forms
I · The wings
Five disciplines
No. IGeotechnicalFoundations, piles, retaining walls, slopes, ground improvement, site investigation and the borehole studio.Enter the wing →No. IIStructuralSteel, concrete, timber and masonry design, loads and combinations, and the frame & beam analysis studio.Enter the wing →No. IIIBridges & flyoversGirders, bearings, piers and abutments, influence lines and moving loads, flyover and footbridge estimates.Enter the wing →No. IVHydraulicsOpen channels, pipes and culverts, stormwater, pumping, detention and coastal structures.Enter the wing →No. VTransportationPavements, traffic capacity, signals, roundabouts, geometric design, roads, rail and car parks.Enter the wing →
II · The studios
Draw it, load it, check it
Every wingSketch studioDraw freehand; get a dimensioned engineering drawing, live frame analysis, PDF and DXFOpen the studio →StructuralFrame & beam studioBeams, inclined and portal frames, trusses: N, V, M, deflection, influence linesOpen the studio →GeotechnicalBorehole & strata studioBorehole logs, geological sections, site plan, 3-D ground model; Excel, PDF, AGS4Open the studio →StructuralSteel structure studioDraw a steel frame, analyse it, design every member to AS 4100, auto-size, estimate and draw itOpen the studio →StructuralTimber structure studioDraw a timber frame or truss, analyse, design to AS 1720.1, auto-size, estimate and draw itOpen the studio →GeotechnicalCPT studioCPTu interpretation, SBT charts, parameters, CPT/SPT/Vs liquefaction, piles, footings and dissipationOpen the studio →GeotechnicalRetaining wall studioEarth and water pressure, sliding, overturning and bearing, with the wall failing liveOpen the studio →Bridges & flyoversBridge studioA truck drives a 1–3 span girder bridge: moment, deflection, reactions and envelopesOpen the studio →HydraulicsChannel studioSluice gate, water surface profile and hydraulic jump with moving waterOpen the studio →TransportationRoad studioCrest and sag vertical curves with a car, sight lines and stopping distanceOpen the studio →
III · On site
The yard: crane, pile and drill
IV · Also in the atelier
Forms, estimates and the lab
CostEstimating studio43 whole structures: design checks, schematic drawings and live-formula workbooksOpen the studio →SiteForms studioRFI, ITP, NCR, SWMS, pile records and site diary, signed and registeredOpen the studio →Every wingInteractive lab231 hands-on demos by discipline: Mohr circles, flow nets, buckling, moving loads, hydraulic jumpsOpen the studio →
“Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse, so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance.”— attributed to Dr A. R. Dykes, 1946
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