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Graitec Transfer Center

With the GRAITEC Transfer Center (GTC), all the models created with GRAITEC software can be synchronised, with zero data loss and no need to re-input data.

GTC is a novel improvement in CAD/Design software interoperability and integration, being an important step in creating and handeling a BIM (Buildin Information Model).

GTC also provides sychronization of models created with software products by GRAITEC partners.

 

 

GTC Environment

Graitec has developed a data exchange component that recreates and stores the model in a specific format (GTC) by defining a set of standard objects. GRAITEC Model Objects (GMO).

GTC serves as a communication link between the following applications and standards:

The applications are responible for:

  • Export: inputting data into the GMO
  • Import: reading data from the GMO and recreating the model in their database format.
  • Synchronisation: reading data from the GMO and applying it to their database.

The data exchange component is responsible for:

  • Saving/Loading the stored information using a specific file format.
  • Comparing two different GRAITEC models and managing the synchronisation.

 

Interoperability Workflow

The structural design process consists of many modifications and repetative tasks.

GTC makes this process more fluid. Modifications made on the same model by different users (steel and reinforced concrete draftsmen, structural engineers, etc.) are synchronised thus saving valuable time and resources.

 

Here are two examples of interoperability workflow using the GTC format:

  • From Modelling to Structural Design and detailing
  • From structural design to drawings
  • The structure is modelled with the CAD software (Advance Concrete, Advance Steel, Autodesk Revit Structure)
  • The first drawings (General Arrangement Drawings, Overview Drawings, Framework Drawings) are created from this model.
  • The model is exported in GTC format.
  • The GTC model is imported into the design software (Advance Design)
  • The imported model is processed.
  • After structural optimisation, the model is exported from the design software in GTC format.
  • The GTC model is then imported back into the initial modelling software.
  • The original model and the new model are synchronised (the draftsman may accept or reject the new modifications).
  • The model's drawings are updated after this revision.
  • Once the drawings are updated, all the information is available to start detailing.
  • This process can be repeated multiple times, using the GTC format as an exchange model between applications.
  • The structure is designed with the design software (Advance Design)
  • The model is exported in GTC format.
  • The GTC model is imported into the CAD software (Advance Steel, Advance Concrete, Advance Design) to create the drawings.
  • If the model is modified with CAD software, it must be exported as GTC and sent to the design software for reporcessing
  • The GTC model is imported in the deisgn software and the model is synchronised (the engineer may accept or reject the modifications )
  • The model is imported and synchronised in the CAD software.
  • The necassary drawings are updated with the new modifications.
  • This process can be repeated multiple times, using the GTC format as an exchange model between applications.

 

There are numerous scenarios all highly dependent upon the situation. The advantages of the GTC technology devloped by GRAITEC is that double work is avoided by better re-use of existing data and errors and mistakes are reduced by assisting the user in managing modifications between the 'engineers world' and the 'draftsmans world'.