The website has three updates

1. New (hopefully easier to view) layout
2. Slugified URLs
3. Images that enlarge on click

1 - New (hopefully easier to view) layout

This one was by far the hardest for me to achieve, but hopefully makes the site easier to read on mobile. I …

Since my last post on bending rebar in revit, I have been attempting to make a sloping K Series joist in revit that will dynamically update in the most awesome way possible.

K Series Joist in Action

Why is this awesome?!? In the …

How awesome would it be to have an easy to use, rebar drafting drawing tool in revit, getting minimum bend radii for any type of rebar? For some reason Autodesk has never released one of these and you would think it would be easy low hanging fruit for them to tackle. …

Diaphragm Analysis - My Journey

Most engineers will find a certain area  of structural engineering that really excite them and areas that  they absolutely despise, and for the longest time, I absolutely despised diaphragm design. Diaphragm design is complicated and confusing, my project managers loved to throw around the buzz phrases they had learned …

Lately I have found myself doing a lot of seismic retrofits of existing structures.

These buildings are often analyzed utilizing ASCE 41 and I have a few complaints with the standard that I have not found answers too... hopefully someone reading this site can help me out with these.

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