CADWorx, CAESAR II & PV Elite: Insider Blog

GT STRUDL Webinar for Design & Engineering Integration: Leveraging the Intergraph Enterprise

with Joe Harrison, Intergraph

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Have you struggled with errors introduced during the transfer of model data? Would you like engineering resources to solve stress/load issues and not data entry? Are you able to quickly detect a clash before the final model reaches the client or goes to construction?

Intergraph has a suite of solutions that work together to lower costly construction errors or rework from fellow engineers. Learn how GT STRUDL works with our other solutions and what you can do to optimize data exchange and promote better, “more informed” design.

Speaker Bio

 Joe Harrison is the Product Manager for Intergraph’s Civil/Structural/Analytical Applications.

GT STRUDL Webinar: Three Best Practices for Structural Analytics and Modeling

with Poornachandrika, ImageGrafix Software FZCO

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Date: June 29, 2016
Time: 10:00AM CT click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

When using GT STRUDL, do you know the best way to:

• check your inputs for any structural model,
• accurately conduct time history analysis, or
• save time by using our extensive library of super elements?

This month, we took a look at these three GT STRUDL best practices for structural modeling and analytics. Watch the recording online.

Speaker Bio:

Poornachandrika is the Product Manager for Structural Solutions at ImageGrafix Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. She is responsible for providing technical trainings, presentations, and technical support on GT STRUDL.

She is a civil and structural engineer with 20 plus years of expertise in structural and finite element analysis and the design of industrial structures, commercial buildings, bridges, and large foundations.

GT STRUDL Webinar - Discover What's Possible

In May 2016, we took a look at four functions within GT STRUDL^®:

• model mode shape analysis;
• unstable, disconnected visual detection;
• moving load application; and
• response spectrum/time history analysis plot review.

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Speaker: Mitch Sklar, P.E., GT STRUDL Business Development, Intergraph

Date: Wednesday, May 25
Time: 10 a.m. Houston
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: None

Speaker Bio

Mitch Sklar, P.E., is a business development expert at Intergraph® CADWorx® & Analysis Solutions. He joined the company in 2014 to manage business development for Intergraph GT STRUDL®, CAESAR II®, PV Elite®, and TANK™ analysis solutions. Mitch serves as business development for Intergraph’s CADWorx structural design solutions portfolio. In addition, he provides direction in the development of business strategies for Intergraph’s structural design and analysis portfolio, as well as supporting the global sales force and ensuring users’ software productivity.

 

Mitch has more than 25 years of evaluative expertise in structural, pipe stress, and finite element analysis, as well as project and construction management experience in the design and analysis of commercial and industrial vertical structures, along with stress analysis and design of high temperature/high pressure piping systems. He is a registered professional engineer. Mitch holds a bachelor’s degree in Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology and a master’s degree in Structural Engineering and Business Administration.

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Intergraph Webinar: Real-Life Project-Level Integration with CADWorx & Analysis Solutions

with Venkat Raman, ImageGrafix Software FZCO

with K M Pandian, ImageGrafix Software FZCO

Date: May 19, 2016
Time: 10:00AM CT  click here for your local time
Duration: 45 min
Cost: free eSeminar

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Intergraph offers various levels of integration between Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions offerings and Intergraph SmartPlant offerings. This integration helps users reuse and leverage data that is constantly created throughout their work processes.

Automate the production of deliverables, reduce engineering and design time, and improve accuracy on every project with Intergraph solutions. Integrate every phase of the engineering and design including:

• conceptual design
• initial layout
• 3D modeling and analysis (structural, piping and hydraulic)

In this webinar, you will witness a live presentation, by ImageGrafix team, showing how ICAS Products (CADWorx, CAESAR II, PVElite and GT STRUDL) integrate with each other in a real-life project environment of a process skid manufacturer.

Speaker Bio:

Venkat is the sales Director of ImageGrafix Software FZCO, the Intergraph Global Network Partner for the Middle East & India. A CADWorx user, enthusiast and trainer since 2003, he has conducted many training programs on CADWorx and has successfully helped many clients in the Middle East to embrace CADWorx as their mainstream plant design software. A mechanical engineer by profession, Venkat has been an AutoCAD user since version 2.18

K M Pandian, a Mechanical Engineer by profession is working as a Technical Manager for Plant Design Solutions at ImageGrafix Software FZCO. Having 20 Years of experience in project, Product demonstrations, training and end user support for CAESAR II, PVElite, TANK & PRG Software.

GT STRUDL Webinar - 2016 R1 Is Here!

Watch this webinar recording online to get a picture of GT STRUDL 2016 R1. We’ve released a new version at the end of April 2016 and were happy to show off our hard work in a complimentary webinar for GT STRUDL fans.

Indian Steel Design Code

Designing for India? GT STRUDL can now validate its design based on the IS 800:2007 Indian Standard (Code of Practice) along with new sections from this standard. Don’t wonder if a project fits the design standards; know it.

User Interface

We’ve made GT STRUDL work smarter with a few small tweaks that make a big difference. Additions like scroll bars, remembering your last preference for member end releases, grouping members to describe physical member definitions, and more.

Offshore

We’ve added a steel table for built-up tubular sections for offshore structures. These predefined shapes should be huge time savers for our offshore users.

Hot Spot Influence Function (HSIF)

You can now convert linear member finite element forces into stresses on ‘hot spots’ along the weld lines between two tubular members to check for fatigue failures. 

Presenter: Joe Harrison
Time: 10 a.m. Houston
Day: April 27, 2016
Price: Free

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GT STRUDL Webinar - How GT STRUDL Intergrates with Intergraph Solutions

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GT STRUDL is a powerful tool for analyzing your structural designs, but no structural engineer works alone. Structural analysis is just one part of completing a project, and we’ve ensured that other players on your project team can access your work without adding errors and post-design construction change costs.

Stream this webinar on how GT STRUDL collaborates with other software. Specifically, we’ll be covering integration with SmartPlant products, CAESAR II, and CADWorx.

with Joe Harrison, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

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GT STRUDL 2016 Release Webinar - A Better ROI for Engineers and Their Firms

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Over the course of 2015, we’ve designed a new GT STRUDL that gives structural engineers a better user experience that is more efficient and simple, while sharpening the return on investment that firms need to stay competitive in today’s market.

Learn how GT STRUDL 2016:

• better organizes a structural engineer’s desktop into docked dialogs and tabbed workspaces;
• creates an efficient workflow by decreasing the number of steps needed to execute a function compared to the previous GT STRUDL version;
• allows for faster 3D modeling in an AutoCAD-based modeler with an increased display speed; and
• expands the large library of compliance codes already within GT STRUDL so that their work stays accurate, even in the face of new rulings and editions.

 

with Mitch Sklar, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: January 12th and 14th, 2016
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

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Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions Webinar: Innovative Design & Analysis in 2016

with Mitch Sklar and Michael Smith, Intergraph

Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

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Session 1 - Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Session 2 - Thursday, December 10, 2015

Innovative Design & Analysis (IDA) – is it the industry’s new tagline for what some folks call advanced framing?
 
Or maybe, IDA is just a way of working smarter that will allow us to increase our efficiency while maintaining structural integrity and uniformity.

Efficiency is an important aspect of our everyday design processes and one that’s a concern for many firms. It’s a simple fact in the construction industry that using less translates into material, labor, and erection savings. IDA is not a new process, but rather an idea for performing the same process in a smarter way.

Changing the way you do business is never a task to be undertaken lightly, especially when current processes and procedures “appear” to work well or “just” get the project done. Adopting an IDA approach will help your firm reduce project time/schedule to complete, increase your accuracy, and promote visibility. This will create cost savings that will ultimately lead to a competitive advantage gain.
 
Please join Mitch Sklar and Michael Smith as we look at the year in review and see what is next for Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions in 2016, including CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite, TANK, Visual Vessel Design, and GT STRUDL.

Join Our Webinar: Top Hints on Licensing and the Knowledge Base

 

with Julian Lovering, Support Engineer Solutions, Intergraph

Date: September 24, 2015
Duration: 30 min
Cost: free eSeminar

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Watch this webinar to discover time-saving hints for Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis product licensing and the Knowledge Base.

Learn the quick tips that will help you better manage your product licensing. Go step by step through the Knowledge Base and see how to find answers to common questions.

This webinar will give you a variety of useful takeaways that will help you boost your workflow productivity.

GT STRUDL Webinar: Getting to Error-Free Structural Design Calculations

Specifically, we'll be discussing error-free member internal section forces in our September GT STRUDL^® Webinar.

Date: Sept. 22, 2015
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

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Please join us for an overview of the step-by-step computational procedures involved in the calculation of member internal section forces based on response spectrum seismic analysis results.

The correct calculation of such internal section forces has the potential to enable structural engineers to create safer and more cost effective structure designs. During this session you will be introduced to the correct steps for such calculations and their use for member design code checks.

Presented by Dr. Leroy Emkin, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

 

Intergraph GT STRUDL Webinar: Response Spectrum Seismic Analysis Using Gupta Mode Combination Methodology

with Dr. Leroy Emkin, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: July 28, 2015
Time: 10:00AM CDT  Click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

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We held a webinar for structural engineers needing step-by-step computational procedures involved in response spectrum seismic analysis using the Gupta Mode Combination Methodology (GMCM).

GMCM accounts for periodic and rigid body mode maximum responses in a more accurate manner. We’ve found that GMCM has the potential to enable structural engineers to conduct seismic analysis that leads to safer and lower cost designs.

Speakers bio:

Dr.Leroy Z. Emkin
Dr. Leroy Emkin was the Founder and Co-Director of the Computer Aided Structural Engineering ("CASE") Center at Georgia Tech, and is currently Executive Technical Director, GTSTRUDL at Intergraph Corporation'sProcess, Power & Marine Division. GTSTRUDL is a comprehensive, powerful and highly integrated CAE system for frame and finite element analysis and structural design. GTSTRUDL is among the most successful and well known software products of its kind in the world, and is used by thousands of structural engineers worldwide.

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Intergraph GT STRUDL Webinar: Creating Design Spectrum Families of Curves

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Intergraph GT STRUDL Webinar: Creating Design Spectrum Families of Curves

with Dr. Leroy Emkin, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: June 30, 2015
Time: 10:00AM CDT  Click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

Structural engineers can now create design spectrum families of curves for one damping value, or over a range of damping values based on recorded ground motion records.

This is especially valuable when composite modal damping procedures are used to calculate a range of modal damping values for structures subjected to seismic loading conditions.

Join us for this webinar to learn how the new Peak Broadening and Smoothing feature offered by GT STRUDL can increase your productivity.

Speakers bio:

Dr.Leroy Z. Emkin
Dr. Leroy Emkin was the Founder and Co-Director of the Computer Aided Structural Engineering ("CASE") Center at Georgia Tech, and is currently Executive Technical Director, GTSTRUDL at Intergraph Corporation'sProcess, Power & Marine Division. GTSTRUDL is a comprehensive, powerful and highly integrated CAE system for frame and finite element analysis and structural design. GTSTRUDL is among the most successful and well known software products of its kind in the world, and is used by thousands of structural engineers worldwide.

CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite & GT STUDL Webinars Now Streaming

Streaming is now available for the current and past Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions webinars covering Intergraph CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite and GT STRUDL!

Access webinars here

This means that you no longer have to download each webinar to watch them. Now, not only will you be able to stream these webinars to your Windows PC, but also to Mac OS, iOS and Android devices.

Let me have your feedback as to how this is working out for you.

Vornel Walker
VP, Marketing

Intergraph GT STRUDL Webinar: Optimizing Your Modeling & Analysis Workflows

with Mitchell Sklar, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: May 19, 2015
Time: 10:00AM CDT  Click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

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GT STRUDL 2015 enables you to implement strategies to solve your structural engineering analysis and design problems (simple or complex) based on your company’s expertise, knowledge, and competencies.

Join us for an upcoming webinar demonstrating this latest GT STRUDL release. Learn about the new GT STRUDL CAD Modeler and how to automate your design workflow to reduce cost and produce by faster designs, with less assumptions, in a more optimized and efficient process.

Professional Development Hours Availability
Intergraph is pleased to announce the availability of earning Professional Development Hours (PDH) for participating in our live webinars. Participation in each webinar will entitle you to earn PDH units, upon request.

Speaker's bio:

Mitchell Sklar is a registered professional engineer with extensive project background & situational knowledge of design, analysis, & construction. He has over 25 years of evaluative expertise (Structural, Pipe Stress, & Finite Element Analysis), as well as project management, & construction management experience in the design & analysis of commercial & industrial vertical structures, along with stress analysis & design of high temperature/high pressure piping systems.

Mitchell is currently our resident GT Strudl, CAESAR II, PV Elite, and TANK Analysis Solutions Expert with managing responsibility of analysis & design support for the sales team & developing the business strategy of the Structural/CAE Applications to support a global product utilization.

Webinars Are Now Streaming & For Desktop & Mobile Devices!

Streaming is now available for the first two of our 2015 Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions webinars covering Intergraph PV Elite, CADWorx and CAESAR II!

What's new in PV Elite 2015

CADWorx/CAESAR II Bi-directional Link

This means that you no longer have to download each webinar to watch them. Now, not only will you be able to stream these webinars to your Windows PC, but also to Mac OS, iOS and Android devices. Over the coming months, in addition to our future webinars, we will be enabling streaming for past webinars.

Let me have your feedback as to how this is working out for you.

Vornel Walker
VP, Marketing

GT STRUDL Webinar : GT STRUDL 2015 - What's Next?

with Mitchell Sklar, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

 Date: December 2, 2014
Time: 10:00AM CDT  Click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

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Please join Mitchell Sklar, Analyses Solutions Expert, as he gives a sneak peak into what you can expect from the GT STRUDL team in the upcoming year.

During this presentation, the following will be discussed:

• GT STRUDL CAD Modeler
• GT STRUDL 2015 (V34) Coming Attractions
• Client Success Stories

Join us to find out more about GT STRUDL and how it can benefit you.

Speaker's bio:

Mitchell Sklar
Mitchell Sklar is a registered professional engineer with extensive project background & situational knowledge of design, analysis, & construction. He has over 25 years of evaluative expertise (Structural, Pipe Stress, & Finite Element Analysis), as well as project management, & construction management experience in the design & analysis of commercial & industrial vertical structures, along with stress analysis & design of high temperature/high pressure piping systems.

Mitchell is currently our resident GT Strudl, CAESAR II, PV Elite, and TANK Analysis Solutions Expert with managing responsibility of analysis & design support for the sales team & developing the business strategy of the Structural/CAE Applications to support a global product utilization.

GT STRUDL Webinar: Building Accurate Models Part 2

with Dr. Leroy Emkin, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions (and special guests Mitchell Sklar and Euclydes Trovato Neto)

 Date: November 5, 2014
Time: 10:00AM CDT  Click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

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GT STRUDL is not just a structural analysis package but an integrated package that performs finite element analysis, non-linear baseplate analysis, offshore analysis, and a host of other advanced features in addition to the structural analysis.

During this presentation, the following will be discussed:

• Finite Element Analysis of structure models consisting of assemblages of 7 member types (constant or variable cross-section), and a large library of conventional, isoparametric, hybrid-stress and special transition finite element types formulated to address problems in plane stress, plane strain, pure plate bending, stretching & bending shell (including Mindlin formulations), solid, and axisymmetric problems.

• Non-Linear Base Plate Modeling & Analysis utilizing a graphical user interface to create finite element models of base plates and their associated steel member attachments, anchors, cutouts, bearing surfaces, support joint constraint conditions, stiffening plates, nonlinear spring supports, loading conditions, and other attributes, and then performing nonlinear static and dynamic analysis.

• Offshore Analysis & Design of offshore structures including automatic generation of sea environment loadings including wind pressure forces, current and wave hydrodynamic forces, based on a variety of wave kinematic theories that allow for accurate description of sea state conditions;  nonlinear soil-pile-structure interaction, fatigue analysis of tubular joints utilizing deterministic, discrete and power spectral density procedures, ISO/API/Norwegian Code Checking and design including hydrostatic collapse and localized Punching shear checks, simulation of marine operations including jacket/structure launching, upending & stability simulations, transportation and hydrostatic stability of floating bodies, and other robust GTSTRUDL relevant numerical procedures such as dynamic analysis methods and limiting plastic and ductility evaluations by Pushover analysis methods.

Join us to find out more about GT STRUDL and how it can benefit you.

Speakers' bios:

Dr.Leroy Z. Emkin
Dr. Leroy Emkin was the Founder and Co-Director of the Computer Aided Structural Engineering ("CASE") Center at Georgia Tech, and is currently Executive Technical Director, GTSTRUDL at Intergraph Corporation'sProcess, Power & Marine Division. GTSTRUDL is a comprehensive, powerful and highly integrated CAE system for frame and finite element analysis and structural design. GTSTRUDL is among the most successful and well known software products of its kind in the world, and is used by thousands of structural engineers worldwide.

Euclydes Trovato Neto
Euclydes Trovato graduated in the Mackenzie University as a Civil Engineer in 1987.His more than 25 years of structural engineering experience spans a wide range of project types,including off
shore oil and gas platforms, marine construction, subsea engineering, industrial buildings and
facilities, manufacturing plants, high-rise office buildings as well as commercial buildings and
telecommunication and energy infrastructures, bridge,windpower infrastructure engineering,and others.Euclydes Trovato Neto is currently the Director of Engineering at Oriciclon Engineering Limited.

Mitchell Sklar
Mitchell Sklar is a registered professional engineer with extensive project background & situational knowledge of design, analysis, & construction. He has over 25 years of evaluative expertise (Structural, Pipe Stress, & Finite Element Analysis), as well as project management, & construction management experience in the design & analysis of commercial & industrial vertical structures, along with stress analysis & design of high temperature/high pressure piping systems.

Mitchell is currently our resident GT Strudl, CAESAR II, PV Elite, and TANK Analysis Solutions Expert with managing responsibility of analysis & design support for the sales team & developing the business strategy of the Structural/CAE Applications to support a global product utilization.

GT STRUDL Webinar: Building Accurate Models Part 1

with Dr. Leroy Emkin, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

 Date: September 30, 2014
Time: 10:00AM CDT  Click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

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Please join Dr. Leroy Emkin,Executive Technical Director of GT STRUDL as he demonstrates the ease of building an integrated & scalable structure as we continue our journey into GT STRUDL… The Right Tool for You!

The webinar will include a brief discussion on :

• Consistency with the Intuitive Model Building process
• Integrated Design Analysis Capabilities (overview) including but not limited to Statics & Dynamic Analysis
• Scalable solution that can be implemented incrementally as needed to match your projects demands.

Speakers' bios:

Dr.Leroy Z. Emkin
Dr. Leroy Emkin was the Founder and Co-Director of the Computer Aided Structural Engineering ("CASE") Center at Georgia Tech, and is currently Executive Technical Director, GTSTRUDL at Intergraph Corporation'sProcess, Power & Marine Division. GTSTRUDL is a comprehensive, powerful and highly integrated CAE system for frame and finite element analysis and structural design. GTSTRUDL is among the most successful and well known software products of its kind in the world, and is used by thousands of structural engineers worldwide.

GT STRUDL Webinar : Integrations & Interoperability Strategies with GT STRUDL

with Mitch Sklar, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions(and special guests, Dr. Leroy Emkin & Joseph Harrison)

 
Date: August 13, 2014
Time: 10:00AM CDT  Click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

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Please join Mitch Sklar, our Analysis Solutions Expert; Dr. Leroy Emkin,Executive Technical Director of GT STRUDL; and Joseph Harrison, Executive Technical Manager of Structural Project Management; to learn about GT STRUDL's current & future vision for providing significant structural engineering productivity improvements coupled with engineering cost reductions.

Speakers' bios:

Mitch Sklar
Mitch Sklar is a registered professional engineer with extensive project background & situational knowledge of design, analysis, & construction. He has over 25 years of evaluative expertise (Structural, Pipe Stress, & Finite Element Analysis), as well as project management, & construction management experience in the design & analysis of commercial & industrial vertical structures, along with stress analysis & design of high temperature/high pressure piping systems.

Mitch is currently our resident GT Strudl, CAESAR II, PV Elite, and TANK Analysis Solutions Expert with managing responsibility of analysis & design support for the sales team & developing the business strategy of the Structural/CAE Applications to support a global product utilization.

Dr.Leroy Z. Emkin
Dr. Leroy Emkin was the Founder and Co-Director of the Computer Aided Structural Engineering ("CASE") Center at Georgia Tech, and is currently Executive Technical Director, GTSTRUDL at Intergraph Corporation'sProcess, Power & Marine Division. GTSTRUDL is a comprehensive, powerful and highly integrated CAE system for frame and finite element analysis and structural design. GTSTRUDL is among the most successful and well known software products of its kind in the world, and is used by thousands of structural engineers worldwide

Joseph Harrison
As Executive Planning Manager for the Smart 3D Structural applications, Joe Harrison manages the Product Planning enhancements and roadmap for the structural applications.  He has worked for 24 years in his two opportunities at Intergraph. In 1998, he returned to Intergraph as Development Manager for Frame WorksPlus (structural component of PDS) and later moved into his current position within the Smart 3D Product line.  He also worked as a structural engineer for the Fluor Corporation for 6 years. He holds a Master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Auburn University.

Introduction to GT STRUDL : Why GT STRUDL is the Best Structural Modeling, Analysis and Design Solution for You

with Mitch Sklar, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: July 15, 2014
Time: 10:00AM CDT  Click here for your local time
Duration: 30 min
Cost: free eSeminar

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Please join Mitch Sklar, our Analysis Solutions Expert, as he discusses some of the key benefits of using GT STRUDL and existing customers who are currently enjoying them. Find out why GT STRUDL might just be the right tool for your next project.

Speaker bio:
Mitch Sklar is a registered professional engineer with extensive project background & situational knowledge of design, analysis, & construction. He has over 25 years of evaluative expertise (Structural, Pipe Stress, & Finite Element Analysis), as well as project management, & construction management experience in the design & analysis of commercial & industrial vertical structures, along with stress analysis & design of high temperature/high pressure piping systems.

Mitch is currently our resident GT Strudl, CAESAR II, PV Elite, and TANK Analysis Solutions Expert with managing responsibility of analysis & design support for the sales team & developing the business strategy of the Structural/CAE Applications to support a global product utilization.