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LOCAPAL used IDEA StatiCa to design and verify complex connections directly from their FEA model, cutting design time, ensuring code compliance, and optimizing fabrication.
With 10,000+ templates available to them, plus advanced checks (buckling, seismic, fatigue), and space-aware modeling, they were able to avoid overdesign and deliver efficient, buildable connections in a high-wind, space-restricted environment.
Design complex connections even for a turtle-shaped roof
Arup used IDEA StatiCa to deliver all connection designs for the Sea Shell Aquarium - an iconic, free-form steel structure on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island with complex geometry, long spans and demanding roof joints.
Thanks to BIM links with GSA, they imported geometry and forces straight into IDEA StatiCa, saving time, cutting errors, and verifying welded and bolted joints fast. Even advanced checks like buckling and stiffness took minutes, not hours.
Master twisted geometry with confident connection design
Rambøll used IDEA StatiCa to deliver “The Twist” Museum in Norway - a 90-degree rotated steel structure that pushed architectural and structural boundaries.
With BIM links to Tekla Structures and Robot Structural Analysis, engineers modeled and verified complex geometric connections fast. IDEA StatiCa helped reduce steel tonnage by 30% and slashed design time by accelerating check on non-standard connections.
Watch the webinar to see how the team handled the twist.
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