APM Civil Engineering
APM Civil Engineering has extensive functionality for creating structural models, performing the necessary calculations and visualizing the results. The use of these opportunities will reduce the design time and reduce the material consumption of the construction site, as well as reduce the cost of design work and construction in general.
APM Civil Engineering fully takes into account the requirements of state standards and building codes and regulations related to both design documentation and calculation algorithms.
The calculation and graphic tools available in the APM Civil Engineeringsystem allow you to solve a wide range of tasks:
- design metal structures of any type for various types of loading and fastening with the possibility of automatic selection of cross-sections (checking the bearing capacity according to SNiP) and generation of drawings of typical metal structures;
- perform the entire range of necessary calculations for reinforced concrete structures with automatic selection of reinforcement parameters for the limit states of the first and second groups in accordance with the joint venture;
- to design wooden structures, including the selection of metal toothed plates and dowels at the joints of the beams, as well as to receive sawing schemes for all structural elements;
- perform the calculation of single, strip and solid reinforced concrete foundations;
- determine the parameters of bolted and welded joints;
- create design documentation;
- use the supplied databases of standard parts and elements of building structures, materials and sections in the design, as well as create your own databases for specific tasks;
- create project databases, including design documents, analysis models, drawings, etc.
This product is offered in two configurations:
- ST - the dimension of the problems being solved does not exceed 1.5 million degrees of freedom;
- XE - there are no restrictions on the dimension of the tasks to be solved (the actual dimension is limited by the amount of PC RAM).
By the type of structures designed in the software, APM Civil Engineering can also be subdivided into the following configurations:
- Steel - Calculation and design of metal structures;
- Steel-Concrete - Calculation and design of metal, reinforced concrete and reinforced concrete structures with the possibility of calculating foundations;
- Steel-Concrete-Wood - Calculation and design of metal, reinforced concrete, reinforced concrete and wooden structures with the possibility of calculating foundations;
- Wood - Calculation and design of wooden structures with the possibility of calculating foundations (special offer for WOODEN BUILDING COMPANIES).
In addition, in addition to the basic capabilities for the product, additional functionality (options) are available :
- Composite : calculation of structures made of composite materials;
- Fracture : fracture mechanics;
- Fatigue : calculation of endurance;
- Pipe : calculation of pipeline elements;
- TopOpt : topological optimization.
Product APM Civil Engineeiring registered in the Register of Russian computer programs and databases .
SOFTWARE CERTIFICATION PASSPORT 2019
This attestation passport establishes the purpose and scope of the APM Structure 3D software tool
Minimum hardware requirements:
- Two processors (cores) supporting 64-bit addressing.
- The amount of RAM is 4 GB.
- The amount of free space on the hard disk is 500 GB. A Radeon or Nvidia graphics card with hardware OpenGL support.
Hardware Requirements for Comfortable Operation:
- 4-core processor supporting 64-bit addressing.
- The amount of RAM is 12 GB.
- Free space on the hard disk is 1.5 TB.
- Video card with hardware support for OpenGL.
The best option for PC components:
Working documentation
This section contains working documentation, namely installation instructions and user guides.
The current user guides are presented as separate documents for each module from the composition in APM Civil Engineering :
- APM Structure3D - module for calculating the stress-strain state, stability, natural and forced vibrations of parts and structures by the finite element method;
- APM Studio - a pre- and post-processor for creating models for strength (finite element) analysis with the ability to import files in STEP format;
- APM Graph - flat parametric drawing and graphic editor with a tool for calculating dimensional chains;
- APM Base - a module for creating and editing databases;
- APM Joint - module for calculating and designing connections of machine elements;
- APM Wood is a timber truss design module with the ability to calculate joints on metal toothed plates.
Detailed installation instructions are described in the document.
- Two or more physical processors that support 64-bit addressing.
- The amount of RAM - 32 GB and more.
- Radeon or Nvidia graphics card with hardware support for OpenGL.
- The presence of 3 physical disks:
the 1st physical disk 1.5 TB is intended for the installation and operation of the OS;
2nd physical disk 1.5 TB is designed for storing and recording calculation files;
The 3rd physical disk 2.0 TB in RAID0 arrays is intended for writing / reading temporary files.
The software is designed for personal computers and runs in the operating environments MS Windows Server 2008, MS Windows Server 2012, MS Windows 8, 10
Design of steel structures
With APM Civil Engineering you can:
- create a geometric model using the library of typical schemes;
- perform a load bearing check and automatically select the optimum cross-section (in accordance with SNiP II-23-81 *);
- automatically receive drawings of standard connection nodes;
- calculate welds and bolted joints;
- prepare the projection drawings of the construction model;
- get a flow table (by material and profiles) by elements of metal.
Design of reinforced concrete structures
With APM Civil Engineering you can:
- create models of construction in the form of a combination of elements of columns, beams, beams, floors, slabs and shells;
- calculate the calculated combination of efforts (DCS);
- perform the selection of reinforcement of reinforced concrete elements according to the norms of SP 52-101-2003 for the first and second groups of limit states;
- carry out design and verification calculation of reinforced concrete elements;
- get a convenient form of presentation of the calculation results, including a real picture of the placement of the reinforcement in the volume of the concrete element.
Foundation Design
APM Civil Engineering allows you to:
- calculate single, strip, solid and pile foundations
by the method of layer-by-layer summation automatically calculate bed coefficients, linear and angular displacements of foundations (draft and roll); - select reinforcement scheme;
- carry out calculations according to the joint venture 50-101-2004 and joint venture 50-102-2003.
Design of wooden structures
The specificity of the calculation of wooden structures in APM Civil Engineering is that:
- You can use the most common sample schemes available in APM Civil Engineering ;
- strength analysis is performed by the finite element method taking into account the requirements of STR 36554501-002-2006;
- there is the possibility of automated selection of metal gear plates according to TU 5369-026-02495282-97, as well as bolt joints;
- printing of drawings of all elements of a wooden structure with cutting parameters is provided.
Design of stone
and armokamennyh construction objects
and armokamennyh construction objects
With APM Civil Engineering you can:
- to design low-rise building structures, cottage buildings, walls of frame buildings and structures, partitions of building objects, columns, etc.;
- use materials such as ceramic and silicate bricks, concrete blocks, natural stones of regular geometric shape, concrete stones, etc .;
- carry out calculations in accordance with SNiP II-22-81 "Stone and reinforced stone structures".
The calculation and design of structures for industrial and civil construction (APM Civil Engineering)
Civil Engineering the APM - the CAE computer-aided design of construction of civil and industrial use. This system is fully adapted to the requirements of state standards and building codes and regulations relating to the registration of a design documentation, as well as to the calculation algorithms. APM Civil Engineering has extensive functionality to create a structure model, perform the necessary calculations and visualization of the results. Using these features will reduce design time and reduce the consumption of materials of construction of the object, as well as reduce the cost of design work and construction in general. Available in APM Civil Engineering and graphical system design tools allow you to solve a wide range of tasks:
- design metal structures of all types for different types of loading and securing with automatic selection of cross-sections (check the bearing capacity of SNIP) and generation of standard metalwork assemblies drawings
- the full range of necessary calculations of reinforced concrete structures with automatic selection of the valve settings for limit states of first and second groups in accordance with the joint venture
- design wooden structures, including the selection of punched metal plates and dowel bars into the ground connection, as well as receive cutting schemes for all elements of construction
- perform the calculation of the single, tape and solid concrete bases
- to determine the parameters of bolted and welded connections
- create design documentation
- used in the design supplied by the database of standard parts and construction elements, materials and cross-sections, as well as create their own databases for specific tasks
- create a database of these projects, including design documents, design models, drawings, etc.
CAE system APM Civil Engineering includes:
- integrated drawing and graphical environment
- database and a database management system (DBMS)
- Estimated kernel - module of finite-element analysis APM Structure3D
- calculating unit bolted, welded and riveted joints APM Joint
- tools automatically generate finite elements of constant and variable in steps, with the possibility of interactively change the partition settings
- means import geometry design models from third-party image editors using STEP and DXF formats
Design of steel structures
With APM Civil Engineering, you can:
- in whole or in part to prepare geometric model of metal, using a library of the most common types of schemes
- validate bearing capacity and automatically choose the optimal cross-section of the rod member (according to the criteria of strength and stability, as well as in accordance with the requirements of SNIP II-23-81 *) from a library of standard cross-sections either prepared by the user of the library
- automatically receive drawings of standard units of metal structures of compounds
- to calculate the welds node elements, as well as the calculation of group bolting
- prepare design drawings projection model as a whole and its individual components
- get the flow chart (on the material and profiles) on the elements of metal
Design of Concrete Structures
With APM Civil Engineering, you can:
- submit a model of building concrete structures in the form of a combination of elements of columns, beams, girders, slabs, plates and shells
- calculated design stress combinations (DCS)
- to perform the selection of reinforced concrete elements (rectangular, tee, I-beam, round and ring) under the rules of the joint venture 52-101-2003 for the first and second groups of limit states for the most dangerous combination of internal power factors, applied to the design element
- hold projecting and checking calculation of reinforced concrete elements
- get convenient format for the calculation results, including the real picture of the placement of reinforcement in concrete volume element
Design of masonry and reinforced masonry construction projects
With APM Civil Engineering, you can:
- to design a low-rise building construction, cottage building, the walls of frame buildings, walls of buildings, columns t. n.
- use materials such as ceramic and calcium silicate bricks, concrete blocks, natural stones regular geometric shape, concrete stones, etc. d.
- conduct calculations in accordance with SNIP II-22-81 «stone and reinforced masonry structures"
Design of foundations
APM Civil Engineering allows you to:
- calculate single, belt, solid and pile foundations
- by layering summation bed automatically calculate coefficients of linear and angular displacements of foundations (sediment and roll)
- pick reinforcement scheme
- perform calculations according to the joint venture and the joint venture 50-101-2004 50-102-2003
Design of timber structures
The specific calculation of wooden structures in the APM Civil Engineering is that:
- in the design of buildings, made of wood, can be used in existing APM Civil Engineering most common types of schemes
- strength calculation of wooden structural elements is performed by finite element method and taking into account the requirements of the SRT 36554501-002-2006 (CNIISK Standard)
- it is possible to automated selection of punched metal plates according to TU 5369-026-02495282-97 and nagelnyh connections
- is provided on the output of drawings to print all elements of a wooden structure with the cutting parameters
Important : the design of the building structure in the APM Civil Engineering is performed in a single environment, so the building site in question may consist of a combination of metal, concrete and wooden parts. In this formulation, calculation and design of the building structure is carried out comprehensively, including foundations (single, tape, or continuous).Calculation of foundations, including the determination of geometric dimensions, soil sediments under the foundation and selection of reinforcement is carried out in accordance with SNIP 2-02.01-83. Bed ratio is determined by the method of layered half.
Future development for the design of prefabricated timber frame houses! See here ...
certification
APM Civil Engineering System - has a certificate of conformity number RA.RU.AB86.N00949 (certification system GOST R) for compliance with the following regulations:
- SP 20.13330.2011 (SNIP 2.01.07-85 *) - actualized revision SNIP 2.01.07-85 * "Loads and effects"
- SP 14.13330.2011 (SNIP II-7-81 *) - actualized revision of SNIP II-7-81 * «Construction in seismic areas"
- SP 15.13330.2012 (SNIP II-22-81 *) - actualized edition of SNiP II-22-81 * «stone and reinforced masonry structures"
- SP 16.13330.2011 (SNIP II-23-81 *) - actualized edition of SNiP II-23-81 * «Steel Structures"
- SP 52-101-2003 ( "Concrete and reinforced concrete constructions without prestressing reinforcement")
- SP 50-101-2004 ( "Design and installation of the foundations of buildings and structures")
- SP 50-102-2003 ( "Design and installation of pile foundations")
- 36554501-002-2006 STO ( "Wooden laminated and solid wood construction. Design and Measurement Methods")
- GOST R ISO 9127-94 ( "User Documentation and Information on the packaging of consumer software packages")
- GOST R ISO / IEC 12119-2000 ( "Information technology. Software packages. Quality requirements and testing")
