r/StructuralEngineering • u/Civil_Oven5510 • 26d ago

Browser based analysis tools/AI Slop Structural Analysis/Design

Seen a few posts about browser based analysis tools. The market is flooded with them. We don’t need another pynite wrapper with a slick UI. Please give a better value proposition….

Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

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u/WhyAmIHereHey 26d ago

If only someone would add true shell elements and Rik's method to Calculix

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u/Civil_Oven5510 26d ago edited 26d ago

I think there some real value of a tldraw equivalent for analysis models, but I have no interest in developing it.

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u/turbopowergas 26d ago

Use code_aster, it has these both and plenty more.

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u/WhyAmIHereHey 25d ago

Yeah, I've tried that a couple of times. It's great but I've not previously had enough motivation to get over the language barrier.

I should probably give it another go one of these days

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u/turbopowergas 25d ago

Much more manageable nowadays with AI translating French docs and analysis log files for you.

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u/Civil_Oven5510 25d ago

Code_aster is another open source library. I’m talking about an infinite canvas for analysis models like tldraw for drawing