Blog 7 - Structural Analysis - Pygame

20 DEC 2020

I created a stand-alone structural analysis program using Pygame (Orion.exe). I imported the structural analysis component of the ai from Dynamo in my previous blogs into Pygame, which I'm calling Orion.exe.

The purpose of this program is to quickly analyze and design a structure. In this program, simple space frames with ~200 DOFs are computed in less than 1 second. I think over 99% of the video is just me operating the program, while the remainder of the time (1% or less) was spent analysing the structure.

I hope to import all of the artificial intelligence (ai) that I have accumulated Dynamo in due time (i.e., from my previous videos). The future verions of Orion.exe will include more user interaction options, such as changing the loads of the floors, the member sizes, etc.

The goal is to analyze, design, model and draw the structure in less than 5% of the time you spend on inputing the data, thus significantly reducing the time (and cost) in the more tedious and straightforward parts of engineering. There will be an option in the future to output the data into files such as .txt or .xlsx, which can be connected to other engineering and modeling software.

In the meantime, please email me at contact@violetcloud.ai if you are interested in Orion.exe, or if you would like me to develop custom programs and ai for you in Structural Engineering, BIM Modelling, Engineering Drawings and Dynamo. I can customise the ai to suit your business needs.

Download Orion (Demo for Beta v1.0) below (9.88 MB):

orion_v01.zip

Download ZIP • 9.88MB

Commands in Orion

• Keyboard "Ctrl" + Mouse Buttons = Manipulate view (Left = Rotation, Middle = Zoom, Right = Steering)

• Keyboard "Shift" + Mouse Buttons = Floor and beam generation on selected floor (Left click between nodes)

• Keyboard "Alt" + Mouse Buttons = Manipulate Floor (White, Red, Blue or Green, refer to Blog 7 for examples)

• Keyboard "Up" or "Down" = Change selected floors

• Keyboard "A" = Automate structure based on generated floors

• Keyboard "R" = Analysis view

• Keyboard "F" = Floor view

• Keyboard "V" = Model view

• Keyboard "Spacebar" = Manipulate grid sizes and number of floors

• Keyboard "M" = Make new grid

Demo version does not include structural analysis.