Further Information

Best Practices

• Focus on the structure in question by removing surroundings and imported or linked projects not relevant to the analysis task at hand.

• To cut down computation time for complex projects, consider investigating different structure parts separately in individual views, e.g., residential floors, commercial floors and car parking in a multi-purpose building. Once satisfied with the optimization, bring everything together in a single view.

Current Limitations

The range of functionality for SOFiSTiK Analytical Model Generator is constantly expanding. For now, the following limitations may apply:

Elements		Limitations
Inclined elements	Walls	Elements created but may need manual adjustment
Curved elements		Arc-shaped	Elliptically-shaped	Spline-shaped
	Floors (edges)	Created and optimised	Created only [1]	Created only [1]
	Framings [4]	Created and optimised	Created only [1]	Created only [1]
	Walls (path)	Created and optimised	Created only as planar increments [2]	Do not exist [3]

[1] (1,2,3,4)

Created accordingly to the physical element, not aligned to optimal location regarding connected elements.

[2]

Created as planar increments approximating the physical element, not aligned to optimal location regarding connected elements.

[3]

Analytical Panels by Extrusion can only be based on arc- and elliptically-shaped paths.

[4]

Framings refers to elements of the Revit Model Category framing and the most common subcategories, e.g., Beams, Diagonals, Secondary, Other.