Georg Pegels - Fachbereich Bauingenieurwesen, University of Wuppertal
Hamid Azadnia - Civil Engineering Department, Isfahan University of Technology

A state-of-the-art CAD-system capable for detailing and fabrication of steel structures,cladding and glazing is presented in this paper. Practical experience of cooperative planning for geographically distributed engineering offices and fabricators is discussed by applications worldwide covering the full spectrum of steel buildings. CAD-engineers are modelling the building and detailing its members aided by the CAD-system. Automatically, the system then renders all kinds of technical drawings, parts lists and CNCdata The virtue of reliability, correct and fair delivery time, perfect functionality and cost as budgeted is decisively enhanced.

Collaborative structural design, computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)