a. Integration with Revit (similar to RAM Structural System, see above).

b. Integration with Hilti, Simpson, or Dewalt for base plate design modules (see RAM Elements above).

c. Adding in the ability to design non-standard steel connections would improve the use of this software.

                                                               i.      Right now it only offers a limited set of connections with specific input criteria. This does not allow for finite element design of more custom or unique details and connection types. Such as HSS beams connections to WF columns or HSS beam to HSS or WF beam connections.

TSD improves over the current software we use in Raleigh. Our current software is RAM Structural system which presents with flaws when we start doing tall floor-to-floor buildings or floors with missing floors. RAM also has some gaps is capabilities which requires us to use a different software to design for those gaps. TSD does not have those gaps so it allow for an integrated which removes transcription error. I can talk more about the technical benefits if you’d like, but this is just a quick overview.

Additionally, TSD has superior integration with REVIT. We can exchange geometry information, element types,  and elements properties back and forth between the two software’s. There are significant time savings provided by this integration that is not a reality with RAM SS. Using TSD, there are time savings at the start where an engineer or Designer can create the initial geometry in either TSD or Revit, and then send the model geometry to the other software and import it. This saves hours of time that is fundamentally duplicate work.

Further, as the design progresses and members are changed in the TSD model, this new model geometry and properties can be “Exported” and directly updated into Revit. The other method is doing “Red-line” markups and having the D/CO pick up those marks in Revit. The “export” functionality removes this work and removes risk of transcription error.