Cadwork Engineer Explained

Engineer
Developer:	Cadwork informatik AG
Latest Release Version:	30
Latest Release Date:	2023
Operating System:	Windows
Genre:	BIM

Cadwork Engineer is a transportation corridor building information modeling software developed beginning in 2004 by Cadwork informatik AG in Switzerland. Engineer is notable in that when combined with cadwork Lexocad, it is one of the few 'BIM' infrastructure softwares.^[1]

Technical characteristics

An early adopter is Marti Group, which implemented cadwork Engineer in the BIM configuration on a civil engineering project in the Baselland Canton.^[2]

Engineer files are named with the extension .2dr.

Engineer includes modules:

• Roads
• Motorways
• Railways
• Junctions
• Roundabouts
• Point clouds
• Steel reinforcement
• Bridges
• Topography and maps
• Geographic information systems
• Theodolite interface

Engineer provides automatic calculations:

• Clothoid curves
• Three-radius curves for railway
• Horizontal and vertical jointures
• Truck trajectories
• Earth triangulation
• Retaining wall
• Earth Embankments
• Complex profiles with borders, banquettes, and dividers
• Topographic edits

Interfaces:

• Lexoview is guaranteed with Open Inventor format.
• AutoCAD is guaranteed with DWG format.

See also

• Virtual design and construction
• Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
• Civil engineering
• Construction engineering

External links

• • cadwork ingenieur YouTube tutorials.

Notes and References

1. Ben Kron "Open BIM Forum: Going Deep," baublatt, 02/19/2019. https://www.baublatt.ch/praxis/open-bim-forum-in-die-tiefe-gehen
2. Marti Group, Civil engineering BIM, youtube, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KrD6PT34QQ