Parent Topic - iTwin Services for Engineering Analysis
Design Review allows the viewing of any 3D iModel in the browser for collaboration purpose. For general navigation within Design Review see below:
Learn how to initiate participate in a collaborative, real-time, 3D design review session.
Analytical Design Review Mode
The analytical and design results widget extends review capabilities so engineers can collaborate more productively without recourse to the original desktop application that produced the analytical design.
If enabled, you can enter the Analytical and Design Review Mode by clicking on:
Once enabled you can see analytical design visualization and member properties. These features are only available within Analytical Design Review Mode.
If an iModel does not contain results to display you will be alerted with below prompt:
Ensure your source applications have included Design Results during "Push to Cloud" operation.
For STAAD, ensure "Design results" checkbox is selected:
You know you have successfully activated Analytical Design review mode when you see the below in Design Review:
The Analysis and Design Visualization Widget provides selection of visualizations (grouping of pertinent members to a property value) along with on screen text label options.
On screen labels can be toggled on and off via the eye icon as well as have its text size modified via the magnifying glasses.
Click “cross” to leave Analytical Design Review mode.
Utilization Ratios and other Visualizations
Visualization color code and group members according to a select list of member properties. Utilization Ratios is enabled by default and can be changed via the dropdown.
Any Visualization is a grouping of members according to a certain property. The Legend tab displays the color corresponding to the value as well as the member count.
For example, if Section Visualization is selected. The properties pane would have its Legend tab updated to show the section names present in the model and member count next to each section name value.
Member Properties
While within Analytical and Design Visualization mode. Click on any member of interest to view its analytical properties in the information pane.
You can further drill down to sub properties to investigate the constituent checks of summary results. The member properties pane will get updated whenever a new member is selected.
Member Properties Grouping and Labels
Within Member Properties, you can the view corresponding Visualization by directly clicking on the Property Name. For example - clicking "Member Type" is the equivalent of selecting the "Member Type" visualization dropdown.
is then equivalent to:
Clicking on button on any property of interest and it will be shown drawn on screen as a text label.
Size and visibility of text labels can be modified via the Label Options control:
Strength Check Utilization Ratios
Utilization Ratios display demand/capacity % of members shown on screen. Members that have not been designed or assigned a ratio are greyed out.
Strength Check Utilization Visualization in particular offers additional editable "Legend" tab to allow the customization of the bounds and corresponding visualization colors for the ranges. Utilization ratios greater than 1 are fixed to Red.
Visibility of the members corresponding to each range of utilization ratio values can be toggled on/off via the eye icon
Enter valid numbers (0.00 - 1.00) in the text range box to change the utilization ratio values in each range.
Click on the color square for each utilization ratio range to modify its display color:
Special Considerations
After using tools such as Orbit and Pan be sure to exit the selected tool by right clicking once.
Regardless which active tool you have selected you can always return to the capabilities listed on this page by click on Analysis and Design Visualization widget