Integrating vfopro at Magnusson Klemencic Associates
MKA is the industry leader in performance-based design. It is widely recognized for its nimble approach to nonlinear analysis and its commitment to uncovering innovative structural solutions. However, relying on traditional, legacy software often introduces significant bottlenecks when trying to scale workflows. These rigid platforms create a technical barrier, making it difficult to seamlessly integrate modern automation and AI-driven efficiencies.
Your team can solve this by integrating vfopro into the workflow. It provides an intuitive GUI with interactive drawing capabilities and a reporting panel with an auto-updating feature. Moreover, vfopro will give MKA the advantage of OpenSeesPy as the analysis engine, which is faster and more scalable than traditional tools. In addition to enabling your teams with faster NLTHA for seismic projects, it will significantly reduce the analysis and decision-making time for PBD-Wind projects.
Customized tool examples
1. Sktchulation connector
A custom tool that reads data from Sketchulation tables via APIs and parses to vfopro. This automation can help reduce the time required to create material/hinge definitions when building models.
3. Focused workflows
We will work with your team to add custom workflows to run quick studies during early design phases. These workflows could be focused on different building types, such as high-rise, CLT rocking shear walls, mast frames, or material optimization.
4. Tipping Toolbar
A Tipping toolbar to keep specialized custom workflows and tools made for Tipping in one place.
2. AI Skills focused on specific tasks
The AI agent in vfopro can use its skills to identify needs and build the appropriate context for user prompts. Whether it is "Add these rotation hinge definitions to the model..." or "Replace the 2-panel CLT wall on grid E with a 3-panel CLT wall, keep the butterfly fuse capacity the same...", custom AI skills increase the accuracy of these tasks. Postyield will help set up these skills based on the team's needs.
Demo: AI-agent support for adding material and hinge inputs
This video shows how vfopro's AI agent can help in adding the material and beam hinge definitions from the Sketchulation tables into the structural model.
The first part is adding the BRB backbones to the link materials. In the second part, we are invoking a custom AI skill to add beam hinge backbone points created in Sketchulation tables as the moment-rotation hinges in vfopro.
Exclusive Partnership Proposal: Elevating MKA's Nonlinear Analysis Workflow
To ensure a seamless transition and maximum ROI, Postyield is pleased to offer MKA an exclusive Customization Package for a one-time fee. Rather than forcing your team to adapt to a new tool, we will adapt the tool to you. The Postyield development team will work hand-in-hand with MKA's analytics experts to build custom tools and dedicated connectors that plug directly into your existing proprietary workflows.