Prototype: Using OpenAPI in SCIA Engineer
OpenAPI in SCIA Engineer is a set of libraries and examples in C# that was used to create models of SuDoVo bridges, with complex shape and combination of beam and slab members.
OpenAPI gave freedom in aspects where Table Input is limiting us. The team could generate not only variants of the structure, but also different models of the same type with varying spans, radius or material distribution.
The C# prototype code took only 2 days to make, quite a success compared to hand construction time. OpenAPI has some modeling limitations but offers the most freedom available. Creating the next project in it took half the time. The script also allows running SCIA Engineer automatically, importing the structure and running analysis without manual intervention.