Program suitability

stuart_harrower

Is this program suitable for use in the civil engineering or the building construction industry?

peter_hall

@stuart_harrower A good civil engineer that I know, they used Revit. I don't think Onshape is particularly suitable yet for civil engineering type work.

pete_yodis

I have a home remodel project I am going to start modeling up in Onshape.  In due time, it would be so cool if I could scan and capture the current structure and use that as a backdrop for what I want to change.  I spoke to my contractor about this concept.  He jumped at the chance for me to model some things, especially with the Onshape platform.  He saw it as a good way for him to convey things to his clients without any fuss between the groups.  Onshape should and is targeting the product realm, but there is not a reason why it couldn't be used by folks quite efficiently in due time for these kinds of things.

3dcad

Hi Stuart, I'm not familiar with the term civil engineering but I'm certainly using Onshape in construction modeling and I think it gives better results than many other cads which are designed for architecture..

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peter_hall

@stuart_harrower A good civil engineer that I know, they used Revit. I don't think Onshape is particularly suitable yet for civil engineering type work.

pete_yodis

I have a home remodel project I am going to start modeling up in Onshape.  In due time, it would be so cool if I could scan and capture the current structure and use that as a backdrop for what I want to change.  I spoke to my contractor about this concept.  He jumped at the chance for me to model some things, especially with the Onshape platform.  He saw it as a good way for him to convey things to his clients without any fuss between the groups.  Onshape should and is targeting the product realm, but there is not a reason why it couldn't be used by folks quite efficiently in due time for these kinds of things.

3dcad

Hi Stuart, I'm not familiar with the term civil engineering but I'm certainly using Onshape in construction modeling and I think it gives better results than many other cads which are designed for architecture..

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pete_yodis

Nicely done @3dcad I understand why you like the global rotate scheme when looking at these models.  Time to do some CFD heating/cooling analysis on those buildings.

brucebartlett

pete_yodis said:

I have a home remodel project I am going to start modeling up in Onshape.  In due time, it would be so cool if I could scan and capture the current structure and use that as a backdrop for what I want to change. 

Hi Pete, do you want the scan in 2d or 3d?
I have been very impressed the sketch picture from the last release and can imagine a 2d scan of your existing building with your 3d bits extruded of this. Not sure what tech is out there for 3d scanning buildings.

pete_yodis

@brucebartlett 3D scan would be my preference.  There are low cost ways to acquire the info today.  One large competitor has a way of pulling in many digital pictures and constructing a 3D scene and then export the scene as an OBJ file.  I could dabble more in other realms here.  I see easy support of 3D scan data as wonderful potential down the road.  Pretty neat stuff can be thought of, especially in light of mobile devices and soon to be wearable devices that are able to acquire spatial info fairly quickly and at a pretty low cost.  Some pretty efficient workflows are coming.  Augmented reality could very much fit into this, as well.  You could project back the model onto the physical once the model has been designed.  People could see the modeled overlay-ed on top of the physical before a single thing is made or constructed.

michael3424

123D Catch is supposed to capture a pretty wide range of objects (shoebox to house sizes) using just a digicam.  I used it to capture a small stuffed animal and it was pretty impressive for a free product.  The output was good enough for 3D printing, but I wouldn't use it for any kind of mechanical job with moderately high resolution.

wayne_jayes

3dcad said:

Hi Stuart, I'm not familiar with the term civil engineering but I'm certainly using Onshape in construction modeling and I think it gives better results than many other cads which are designed for architecture..

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How did you create these pictures. I have tried screen grab and it works but I was wondering if there is a better way??