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WHAT MAKES AMECO-17 BETTER?
In
evaluating different Structural Engineering Software options,
you may be asking ‘Why should I consider Ameco-17 ?’.
Here are some of the reasons why Ameco-17 is better than the rest:
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AMECO-17
designs the structure as a whole 3-D unit for gravity and
lateral loads
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AMECO-17
designs a member 100 times or more to optimize the members
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AMECO-17
quickly investigate alternative framing schemes to produce
optimum structure
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AMECO-17
responds quickly to design revisions
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AMECO-17
designs structures of unlimited size in steel or concrete
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AMECO-17
executes structural designs at exceptional speed –
as much as 1000 faster than any other Structural Engineering
Software
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AMECO-17
designs a 115 story skyscraper of 25,000 members in 3 minutes
on a 1.8 GHz PC
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AMECO-17
reduces design time by 90% or more.
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AMECO-17 reduces construction costs by 10% to 30%
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At
the leading edge of technology, AMECO-17 provides an environment
for designing an entire building as a whole 3-D unit subjected
to gravity loads, wind and earthquake motions a unique feature
unrivalled by any other software program. This capability
is available on Intel Pentium family computers for buildings
of any size using steel, concrete and composite members.
The building can be a ten level residential
or a skyscraper of 115 storeys with 20,000 members or more,
subjected to thousands of live load cases and lateral forces
static or dynamic. It also can be a complex power plant
structure, housing vibrating equipment, cranes and the like;
or a flat slab floor on piles for a shopping center. |
Developed for the building
construction industry by a team of professional engineers AMECO-17
has accrued over 86 man-years of structural design expertise.
It has become the first knowledge base system in structural engineering.
With the powerful input
language of AMECO-17, combined with its multi-cycle design capability
and database, a large building can be designed in a week compared
to many months with more conventional methods.
