3-D and 4-D Technology
ADF uses the latest generation of 2-D and 3-D software for its engineering work, drawings and models, and can produce a detailed and precise 3-D model of any structural steel projects. Accordingly, the role played by the use of technologies as a major element of ADF's strengths, resides in the innovative use and efficient adaptation of 2-D and 3-D software to the engineering and fabrication processes already in place.
3-D models are also efficient in providing fabrication personnel with on-demand, helpful visual support detailing specific complex requirements of heavy built-up steel components and trial assemblies.
- 2-D and 3-D Modeling
- Beyond 3-D : 4DTECH
- E-Platform
By adapting and integrating existing 3-D software (such as Tekla and AutoCad) to their own work process, ADF's engineering team has opened the door to new avenues:
- Refinement of engineering solutions for special connections (such as multi-angle tubular connections)
- Modelization of all parameters of engineering and fabrication
- Integration in the global model of a sound engineering of installation (such as crane logistics)
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Pre-construction (estimating) model of Chernobyl project: model of steel structure and connections by ADF
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Pre-construction (estimating) model of Chernobyl project: model of installation parameters by ADF
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Communication = Efficiency
In order to allow all the major actors involved in a structural steel project to benefit from the 4DTECH solution and the new management capacities it supplies through the reports produced and the real-time visualization of work progress, ADF's engineers set up an exchange and communication platform based on the Web, called the E-Platform.
This platform is a communication channel and a collaboration method for the procurement of material and the fabrication of the structural steel project, a secure Web-based instrument of communication for the:
- Design
- Material procurement
- Fabrication management
- Delivery
- Installation
It allows any member of the project team (owner, contractor, architects, engineers, draftsmen and other trades) to access the model, analyse it, and consult any of the reports the 4-D solution produces.
Benefits for the client:
Less Errors
- The physical model is accurate, the drawings, reports and analysises are integrated, hence no inconsistencies
- Changes and modifications are easily made and this information is continously updated.
Improved Productivity
- Information needs to be inputed only once
- Drawings and reports are produced automatically
- Better quality of drawings and reports
- Fewer tasks to be redone
Improved Communication
- All information is available through the model at anytime
- Information is clear and understandable to all parties
- Model can be seen and handled via the “Webviewer” universal platform at anytime