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What are the differences between 1 2 Build, ConCrete and Diamonds?

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Geometry

1•2•Build ConCrete Diamonds
Modelling
1D continuous beams ✔ ✔ ✔
2D frames:

  • Vertical
  • Horizontal (ex. frame of beams)
✔ ✔
✔
3D frames ✔
2D floors ✔1 ✔2 ✔3*
2D walls ✔*
3D structures ✔*
Input
Input panel ✔
Draw directly on the screen ✔ ✔
Draw using coordinates ✔
Draw using the structure wizard ✔ ✔
Import DXF-file ✔ ✔
Import PowerPlate-file ✔
Import PowerFrame-file ✔
Import Diamonds-file ✔
Import Tekla Structures-file using BIM Expert
Drawing tools: move, rotate, copy, mirror, extrude, … ✔
Supports
2D : displacement  XY + moment Z ✔  ✔ ✔
3D : displacement  XYZ + moment XYZ ✔
Spring supports ✔ ✔
Input soil layers ✔
End conditions
Eccentricities ✔
Rigid links ✔
Bar ends: disconnection of

  • Tie rods
  • Fixed or free
  • Value
  • Function
✔
✔ ✔ ✔
✔
✔
Plate borders: disconnection of moment, shear or normal force

  • Fixed or free
  • Value
  • Special conditions for masonry walls
✔
✔
✔
Material library

  • Steel
  • Stainless steel
  • ConCrete
  • Timber
  • Editable by the user/ expandable
 ✔ ✔
✔
✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
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Profiles/ Cross sections
Section library

  • Default
  • Editable by the user/ expandable
✔ ✔
✔ ✔
Default shapes

  • Basic (rectangle)
  • Random (hollow tubes, trapezoid, (ir)regular I,…)
✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
Random section generator (Section Utility) ✔
Sections with variable dimensions (height and width) ✔
Table
Adaptable data in table ✔
Overview volume timber, concrete and steel ✔ ✔
Overview weight reinforcement ✔ ✔

1. Plates bearing in one direction, no hollow core slabs↩

2. Plates bearing in one direction, including hollow core slabs↩

3. Plates bearing in one direction, plates bearing in two directions, préslabs, slabs with ribs in one or two directions, unfilled multicelular slabs, hollow core slabs, plates based on stiffnessmatrix↩

* Available as an additional module↩

Loads

1•2•Build ConCrete Diamonds
Load groups
Unlimited bumber of load groups ✔ ✔
2D directions: XY  ✔ ✔
3D directions: XYZ ✔
Loads descent ✔ ✔
Wind generator ✔ ✔
Snow generator ✔ ✔
Thermal load (global or gradient)

  • On bars
  • On surfaces
 ✔
 ✔
Seismic spectrum ✔
Dynamic load ✔
Moving loads (train load) ✔
Combinations
Automatically generate load combinations ✔ ✔ ✔
Manually make load combinations ✔
Combinations over time (for deformation over time) ✔

Results

1•2•Build ConCrete Diamonds
Analysis
1th order static analysis ✔ ✔ ✔
2nd order static analysis (+ global imperfections) ✔*
Modal analysis (seismic and dynamic analysis included) ✔*
Fire analysis ✔*
Representation
Results for each load group ✔ ✔ ✔
Results for each combination ✔ ✔
Envelope results ✔ ✔ ✔
Detailed window with results ✔ ✔
Table
Results on different bars ✔
Detailed results for each bar ✔ ✔

Design

1•2•Build ConCrete Diamonds
Standards
Eurocodes with national annex ✔ ✔ ✔4
National standards ✔ ✔
Concrete
Buckling lengths

  • Defining groups for the buckling lengths
  • Calculation of the buckling lengths
  • Manually adjusting the buckling lengths
✔
✔
✔ ✔
Theoretical calculation of the required reinforcement ✔ ✔ ✔
Punching shear check ✔
Practical reinforcement proposal / sketch ✔ ✔
Determine optimal section automatically ✔
Calculation of cracking (cracked deformation and cracking width) ✔ ✔
Calculation of the deformation over time ✔
Steel
Haunch ✔
Buckling lengths

  • Defining groups for the buckling lengths
  • Calculation of the buckling lengths
  • Manually adjusting the buckling lengths
✔
✔
✔ ✔
Lateral Torsional Buckling lengths

  • Defining LTB supports
  • Manually adjusting the LTB lengths
✔
✔ ✔
Resistance and stability check (unity check) for carbon steel ✔5 ✔
Resistance and stability check (unity check) for stainless steel ✔
Determine optimal section automatically ✔ ✔
Stainless steel: calculation of the secant deformation ✔
Steel connections: link with PowerConnect/ BIM Expert ✔
Timber
Buckling lengths

  • Defining groups for the buckling lengths
  • Calculation of the buckling lengths
  • Manually adjusting the buckling lengths
✔
✔
✔ ✔
Lateral Torsional Buckling lengths

  • Defining LTB supports
  • Manually adjusting the LTB lengths
✔
✔ ✔
Resistance and stability check (unity check) ✔ ✔
Take the effect of creep into account using kdef ✔
Determine optimal section automatically ✔ ✔

4. A list with implemented standard in Diamonds can be found here↩
5. According to ENV.↩

Report Manager

1•2•Build ConCrete Diamonds
Simple report ✔ ✔ ✔
Sub reports ✔

General

1•2•Build ConCrete Diamonds
General
Expandable via additional modules ✔
Integrated help function ✔ ✔ ✔
Export DXF ✔ ✔
Export Diamonds ✔
Export BIM Expert/Tekla Structures ✔
Export ConCrete Plus ✔ ✔
Language
Dutch ✔ ✔ ✔
French ✔ ✔ ✔
English ✔ ✔ ✔
German ✔ ✔
Spanish ✔
Polish ✔
Italian ✔
Lithuanian ✔
Latvian ✔
Russian ✔

As can be deduced from the table above, 12-Build contains many simplifications compared to Diamonds. Therefor 12-Build is often used in predesign.

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