AI structural design: what sazeh does and does not do

Q: Building structural design with AI: where do I start?

Upload the .e2k file of the ETABS model on the home page, choose the design base acceleration A and the soil type, and specify the structural system. sazeh builds the seismic loads, checks the model and delivers the calculation sheet, currently in Persian. The details of the steps are on the workflow page.

sazeh is a service in which artificial intelligence helps the engineer to explain the result, but it does not guess any structural number itself. The analysis, the code checks and the correction of sections are done by deterministic methods, so one input always gives one answer. This separation is deliberate, because a language model makes mistakes in numerical computation and a mistake in a structure costs lives.

What does artificial intelligence do in sazeh?

Artificial intelligence summarizes the result of the checks in fluent Persian: which clauses are not met, which members are involved and what closes each item. All numbers of this summary come from the calculation sheet, and artificial intelligence adds no number to them. The sheet and the checks are complete without artificial intelligence as well.

Concrete structure design with AI

For a reinforced-concrete moment frame (intermediate or special), sazeh runs the checks of the reinforced-concrete code: beam flexural reinforcement, column axial-flexure interaction, biaxial interaction, column and beam shear, stirrup spacing in the critical zone, torsion, strong column and weak beam, and amplification of the moment of a slender column.

Steel structure design with AI

For a steel moment frame (intermediate or special) with IPE beams and box columns, the checks of the steel code are run: compactness, flexure and shear of the beam, column buckling, axial-flexure interaction about two axes, local buckling of the box wall and the second-order effect. Steel connections are not designed.

Building structural design with AI: where do I start?

Upload the .e2k file of the ETABS model on the home page, choose the design base acceleration A and the soil type, and specify the structural system. sazeh builds the seismic loads, checks the model and delivers the calculation sheet, currently in Persian. The details of the steps are on the workflow page.

Structural drawings with AI

sazeh shows a plan view of the beam layout and the columns. It does not produce reinforcement construction drawings, bar schedules, connection details or shop drawings, and it does not replace the engineer's drafting.

Plan design and architectural design with AI

sazeh is not an architectural design tool. It does not produce architectural plans, space layouts, elevations or interior design. Its input is the structural model of the building, that is, the axes, the storey heights and the sections.

Can artificial intelligence design instead of a structural engineer?

No. sazeh proposes sections and prints the result of the checks, but the signature of the drawing and the responsibility for it rest with the qualified engineer. In addition, a part of the code clauses is not yet checked and is marked in the sheet with the status "deferred" (limitations).

What distinguishes sazeh from a general chatbot?

If you ask a general chatbot to design a structure, it gives numbers that look right but come from no analysis. In sazeh every number on the sheet comes from an analysis and a specific clause of the code, the assumptions that change the answer are written on the sheet, and items that were not checked are not shown as "met".

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