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Rolvink, A. (author), Coenders, J.L. (author), Mueller, C. (author)This paper presents a review of existing research, projects, developments and applications in the domain of design tools for conceptual structural engineering. The availability of these tools and research into software for conceptual structural design stages has shown a number of interesting developments over the last past few years. The purpose...conference paper 2014
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Van de Weerd, B. (author), Rolvink, A. (author), Coenders, J.L. (author)Conceptual design is the starting point of the design process. The conceptual design stage comprises the formation of several ideas or design concepts to meet the imposed constraints. StructuralComponents is a software application that attempts to provide the designing engineer with a suitable set of tools for this stage. It facilitates the...conference paper 2012