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Technical writing on structural and geotechnical engineering, analysis software, and the tools I build. RSS feed
What CANDE Is, and When You Actually Need It
Plain-English explanation of what CANDE is, when buried pipe and culvert work actually needs soil-structure interaction analysis, and what the program does and does not do.
Beyond SAP2000: Building an AI Toolkit Across the Whole Deliverable
An honest account of where the automation toolkit stands: what is working, what is in development, and how each piece fits into the deliverable pipeline.
Why I Built an AI Tool That Writes SAP2000 Models
How I built a skill that generates SAP2000 input files from structured descriptions, what it took to make it reliable, and what it does and does not mean for your project.