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Improving the utility and value of CAD software for decision-making and design of structural frames
conference contribution
posted on 2014-12-22, 09:58 authored by Robby SoetantoRobby Soetanto, Jacqui Glass, Andrew Dainty, Andrew Price, Tony ThorpeTony ThorpeThree-dimensional modeling and visualization software is increasingly being used by
building designers to represent structural frames and communicate design information
upstream to their clients and downstream to suppliers/manufacturers. Although design
processes and design management have been explored extensively per se, the upstream,
heuristic decision-making stages of design in relation to 3D software appear to be underresearched.
This is understandable because the human side of the process is complex and
therefore less straightforward to map. Nevertheless, decisions made early in the project, such
as the choice of structural frame, are critical to the project’s overall success. Studies of
current practice indicate that such decisions tend to be based on heuristic decision-making
processes rooted in subjectivity and qualitative reasoning. This paper reports the
development of an objective, transparent and systematic selection process that operates
effectively within a 3D modeling environment. An innovative framework for simultaneously
comparing the performance of a range of structural options against agreed criteria was
developed, using the two measures, Importance (I) and Performance (P), which can be used
to calculate a Performance Weighted Score (PWS). This framework is a means of assessing
‘soft’ factors, alongside the conventional cost and time parameters now used in 4D modeling.
It thus provides a useful example of a methodology for integrating ‘soft’ decision making in
an otherwise ‘hard’ software environment.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Proceedings of the 2005 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering Proceedings of the 2005 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil EngineeringCitation
SOETANTO, R. ... et al, 2005. Improving the utility and value of CAD software for decision-making and design of structural frames. Soibelman, L. and Feniosky, P.M. (eds). Proceedings of the 2005 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Cancun, Mexico, July 12-15, 12pp.Publisher
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The definitive version of this conference paper [© ASCE] can be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40794(179)38ISBN
0784407940;9780784407943Publisher version
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