EK4 STEELWORKS is designed according to the latest BIM Building Information Modelling) criteria. In this way the user can, through the network, create, manage and share information concerning all the stages of the building process, including general arrangement, detailed or fabrication drawings and bill of materials. It includes a SQL database that allows an advanced and organic management of contracts.

The first stage of the work implies the 3D modeling of the geometric support which the user can define in different ways, remaining completely integrated in the SolidWorks environment. The user can either work on a parametric wireframe, which can be covered with the desired building components like profiles, joints, welding, etc., or use a library of intelligent, parametric and associative components.

In this way the user can quickly model a whole structural subsystem and adapt it to the context in which it has to be used. For example a truss, a staircase or a brace can be designed just once and re-used with other parameters. There is no limit to the customization and re-use of the components designed and managed in the 3D environment.

In this way complex wizards or insertion dialog boxes, usually proposed by competitors for the modeling of braces, trusses, staircases, portals or lattices can be abandoned.

The designer is therefore not affected by software limits, he can in fact freely design any type of structure, associate any behavior useful for the re-use and add the structure to the EK4 STEELWORKS library, thus making it available for other jobs and/or other users.

Since EK4 STEELWORKS is totally integrated in SolidWorks, it is always possible to utilize all SolidWorks tools. There is maximum flexibility in the use of all components, starting from profiles; apart from the industrial ones, even if not commonly in use, generic sections are provided as well. From here it is possible to couple or arrange profiles in various configurations.

The same flexibility is available in the joint management, as joints are difficult components to be restrained within pre-defined configurations Any type of joint, even custom, freely defined by the user is added to the model through the same interface.
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