Scope |
CIS/2 is a standard for facilitating an integrated method of sharing
and managing information within and between companies involved in
the planning, design, analysis, detailing, fabrication, and construction
of steel framed structures.
CIS/2 contains three different representations of a steel structure: analysis,
design, and detailing. Analysis models can include nodes, elements,
loads, reactions, and displacements. Detailed models can include
straight, curved, and cambered members, plates, bolts, holes, welds,
copes, assemblies, material grades, barcodes, and associations to
advanced bill of material information, drawings, and numerical control
files. The design model provides a bridge between the analysis and
detailing models.
There is a logical relationship between all three models. For example,
a beam that is subdivided for analysis is logically only one beam
in the design or detailed model. Member end reactions from the analysis
model can be used to design connections in the detailed model. Managed
data can be used to capture a history of the additions, modifications,
and deletions to the model.
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Benefits |
CIS/2 has great potential for cost and time savings.
The use of CIS/2 is changing the relationship between engineers,
contractors, analysts, detailers, fabricators, and architects
to realize those cost and time savings.
When going from analysis to detailing, CIS/2 eliminates the
need for error-prone re-entry of data, thus reducing the time
necessary for steel detailing.
Electronic review of shop drawings for fabrication can mean
the steel can be fabricated sooner.
Managed data capabilities can provide coordination between analysis,
design, and detailing models.
CIS/2 is not dependent on proprietary file formats. |
