Rendering with MicroStation is a must-have for architects, engineers, and CAD operators involved with 3D design. Through illustrations and hands-on exercises, this book covers every aspect of rendering in detail – including cameras, materials, lighting, environment maps, and rendering settings. Learn to use environment maps, sky cylinders, and procedural textures effectively, and to apply photorealistic atmospheric effects. Create photorealistic materials such as water, glass, trees, grass, brick, and stone. Apply different lighting techniques for rendering any interior or exterior scene, day or night, including sunset and twilight setups. Achieve photorealistic results by creating custom materials, and learn advanced rendering techniques for creating lighting solutions using ray tracing and particle tracing. Also included are inside tips for generating quality still images, network rendering, panoramas, and 3D content in PDF files.

Rendering with MicroStation

Jerry Flynn

Bentley Institute Press

Learning with MicroStation VBA provides full coverage of the VBA subject, taking you through the basics like the editing environments, modules, visual interface and MicroStation object model through advanced topics like Windows API, interacting with other applications and Visual Basic. The book starts by supplying the foundation for understanding VBA basics and then shows how to apply the fundamentals to real-world situations.

Learning MicroStation VBA

Computers & Technology

Jerry Winters

Graphics & Design

Overview Stormwater conveyance design and analysis requires the engineer to consider a number of system components, including open channels, inlets, roadway crossings, storm sewers, and detention facilities. Stormwater Conveyance Modeling and Design guides you through the design and analysis process using a unique approach that combines the theoretical fundamentals with practical design guidance and hydraulic modeling techniques. From the development of design discharges and hydrographs, to the analysis and design of channels, culverts, and detention facilities, Stormwater Conveyance Modeling and Design is a one-stop, comprehensive textbook for all of your stormwater needs. Topics include: Types and sources of rainfall data, including Internet resources Hydrologic analysis methods such as Horton, Green-Ampt, rational, and NRCS (SCS) Curve Number Hydrograph development using a unit hydrograph Channel routing techniques Analysis methods for closed-conduit and open-channel flow Design of open channels and culverts Analysis and design of storm sewers, including inlet capture and bypass, structure losses, and surcharging Design of stormwater pumping facilities Reservoir routing and design of stormwater detention facilities About the software included Each book within the Water Modeling Collection from the Bentley Institute Press includes academic-licensed versions of the professional software covered. StormCAD provides a complete solution for storm sewer design and analysis by integrating the full range of calculations for rainfall, catchments, gutters, inlets, junctions, pipelines, and outfalls. FlowMaster is an indispensable, hydraulic calculator that belongs on every water engineer's desk. CulvertMaster is the best tool available for solving culvert hydraulic problems. PondPack provides tools to analyze, design, manage, and plan detention pond projects of any size quickly, correctly, and within budget.

Stormwater Conveyance Modeling and Design

Bentley Systems Haestad Methods

S. Rocky Durrans

Overview To effectively use water distribution models, the engineer must be able to link knowledge of basic hydraulic theory and the mechanics of the program with that of the operation of real-world systems. Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management does just that! Written by industry experts, it provides practical resources for engineers and modelers that go well beyond being a how-to guide for typing data into a computer program. The book contains straightforward answers to common questions related both to modeling and to distribution systems in general. Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management walks the practicing engineer or student through the modeling process from start to finish - from data collection and field-testing to using a model for system design and complex operational tasks. Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management also explores transient analysis, GIS technology applications, and water system vulnerability and security. The 800-page book includes extensive material from an international team of experts from both academia and consulting firms. Topics include: A thorough review of water distribution theory Primary sources of data for building water distribution models Demand allocation and projection Energy efficiency evaluation, flushing simulation, and solving operational problems, such as inadequate fire protection Field testing techniques and model calibration approaches Identifying and resolving potentially expensive problems, such as undersized piping, inadequate pumping, and poor water quality Preparing systems for special events, such as power outages, taking tanks offline, and system contamination Advanced Topics Featured In-depth coverage of optimization techniques for model calibration, system design, and pump operations. Advanced water quality modeling topics including tank mixing, water quality solution algorithms, sampling techniques, tracer studies, tank design, and maintenance of adequate disinfectant residuals. Integration of SCADA systems with water distribution modeling for estimating model demands, initial conditions, and control settings; forecasting system operations; calibrating extended-period simulation models; streamlining water quality analysis; and estimating water loss during a main break. The essentials of transient analysis including the causes and sources of transients, as well as the potential effects of transients on water distribution systems. Application of GIS technology for skeletonization, demand allocation, and pipe break analysis; discussion of the technological issues that arise when integrating GIS and water distribution modeling; and the current state of the technology. Use of models to assess water system vulnerability and security, respond to emergencies in real-time, simulate contamination events, prioritize physical security improvements, and unravel past contamination events. About the Software Included Each book within the Water Modeling Collection from the Bentley Institute Press includes academic-licensed versions of the professional software covered. WaterCAD is the world's leading solution for water distribution hydraulic modeling. The included CD-ROM contains problem data files in both System International and English units, WaterCAD documentation, and interactive tutorials and lessons. Download excerpts from the Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management book: Table of contents Reviews Chapter 1 - Introduction to water distribution modeling

Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management

Bentley Systems

Thomas M. Walski

Donald V. Chase

Dragan V. Savic

Walter Grayman

Stephen Beckwith

Edmundo Koelle

Overview If your work or academic studies involve floodplain management, then a copy of Floodplain Modeling Using HEC-RAS needs to be on your desk. This comprehensive textbook offers expert instruction and practical advice for floodplain modelers and managers. It then goes a step further by reinforcing the concepts presented using the worldwide standard simulation tool HEC-RAS, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center. In Floodplain Modeling Using HEC-RAS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers veteran Gary Dyhouse walks you through a complete floodplain study, from the planning stage to determining the floodway. No more wondering which of the vast number of variables to adjust in your model. Get the inside guidance you need to successfully apply HEC-RAS to your projects. Topics covered in this text include: An easy-to-understand introduction to open channel hydraulics Planning floodplain modeling studies with defensible time and cost estimates Modeling bridges, culverts, and other special features Calibrating and operating models for peak performance Modeling floodways, including coverage of FEMA flood insurance guidelines Developing routing information for use in hydrology programs Designing and evaluating channel modifications Analyzing bridge scour About the software included Each book within the Water Modeling Collection from the Bentley Institute Press includes academic-licensed versions of the professional software covered. HEC-Pack for floodplain management includes four industry-standard products developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center. Graphical HEC-1 and HEC-HMS are for hydrograph analysis, HEC-RAS is for water surface profile analysis, and HEC-GIS is for integrating floodplain modeling with GIS.

Floodplain Modeling Using HEC-RAS

Gary Dyhouse

Jennifer Hatchett

Jeremy Benn

Overview Hydraulic models are an essential tool in understanding wastewater collection system behavior for system design, operations, assessment of performance, development of rehabilitation programs, support of permit applications, and demonstration of regulatory compliance. Wastewater Collection System Modeling and Design will guide you through the model-building process and the practical application of models to address real-world challenges. Each topic presented is reinforced by examples that clearly demonstrate how models are used in applications such as designing new systems, detecting and correcting inefficiencies in existing systems, and minimizing the costs of pumping. The book was developed for use by designers, managers, regulators, and students and focuses on linking engineering theory to practical modeling applications. Each chapter concludes with exercises that can be completed by professionals for continuing education credits and by students to reinforce the material. The book brings together the experiences of an international team of experts from both academia and consulting and includes topics such as: Fundamentals of gravity and pressure flow and pumping Consideration of solid transport and tractive forces Planning and constructing system models Determining sanitary loads using unit factors, load patterns, and peaking factors Modeling wet weather flows in sanitary and combined sewers Flow measurement in existing systems Model calibration Combined and sanitary sewer overflows Using models in the design of new sewers and the rehabilitation of existing systems Design and operation of force mains and pump stations Design of low pressure sewer systems Using GIS in sewer models The use of models to address regulatory issues in the United States, Canada, and the European Union About the software included Each book within the Water Modeling Collection from the Bentley Institute Press includes academic-licensed versions of the professional software covered.

Wastewater Collection System Modeling and Design

Brian E. Whitman

Thomas E. Barnard

Eric Harold

LaVere B. Merritt

Noah Walker

Geometry lies at the core of the architectural design process. It is omnipresent, from the initial form-finding stages to the actual construction. Modern constructive geometry provides a variety of tools for the efficient design, analysis, and manufacture of complex shapes. This results in new challenges for architecture. However, the architectural application also poses new problems to geometry. Architectural geometry is therefore an entire research area, currently emerging at the border between applied geometry and architecture. This book has been written as a textbook for students of architecture or industrial design. It comprises material at all levels, from the basics of geometric modeling to the cutting edge of research. During the architectural journey through geometry, topics typically reserved for a mathematically well-trained audience are addressed in an easily understandable way. These include central concepts on freeform curves and surfaces, differential geometry, kinematic geometry, mesh processing, digital reconstruction, and optimization of shapes. This book is also intended as a geometry consultant for architects, construction engineers, and industrial designers and as a source of inspiration for scientists interested in applications of geometry processing in architecture and art.

Architectural Geometry

Arts & Photography

Helmut Pottmann

Andreas Asperl

Michael Hofer

Axel Kilian

Architecture

MEANDER Variegating Architecture features the research and teaching of Ferda Kolatan and Jenny Sabin work that exemplifies a new generation of research-based practices. These practices are enriching the ways in which architecture can be made, employed, and enjoyed. Their research builds on the shared platforms and networks that have evolved over the past two decades to focus on the production of variegated organizations. It tests the social, cultural, and aesthetic potential of such architectures at different scales and in different materials. Kolatan and Sabin explore their subject in-depth, with rigor and sophistication, working back and forth between the realm of pure research and application. Supported, in part, by Bentley, they seek to develop new opportunities for software, such as GenerativeComponents. Yet their work is not driven only by software. Although it is informed by expertise in material practices and engineering, this is also not primary. Instead, their practice derives its motive force from the pursuit of new beauty, for it takes beauty to be a hallmark of sophisticated organizations in nature that perform in multiple registers at once.

Meander - Variegating Architecture

Ferda Kolatan

Jenny Sabin

Written for engineers of all skill levels, Analysis and Design of Structures A Practical Guide to Modeling is a technical reference guide focused on relating code and design requirements with Bentley s structural analysis software STAAD.Pro. This book provides the structural engineer with a technical reference on the theory and procedures for a structural design, as well as the necessary steps to properly incorporate construction details within STAAD.Pro. It gives the reader a detailed look at how the structural analysis software handles the modeling of beams, plates, and end connections and the distribution of forces and structure displacements. It includes details of STAAD.Pro s ability to export to other programs, such as STAAD.foundation, RAM Connection, and Microsoft Excel, and examples of complete steel and concrete buildings. Analysis and Design of Structures A Practical Guide to Modeling is an essential resource for all structural engineers wanting practical guidance and details for the application of theoretical concepts

Analysis and Design of Structures - A Practical Guide to Modeling

D. Trevor Jones

Computer Applications in Hydraulic Engineering (CAiHE), 8th Edition is an all-inclusive water resources guide for practicing engineers and students in the hydraulics and hydrology fields. It links theory with real-world applications through exercises and examples of the technology, theory, and analysis methods at the forefront of hydraulic engineering. The examples cover everything from water quality analysis and hydraulic theory to detention pond design, dynamic modeling, culvert hydraulics, and more. The book includes an accompanying DVD with academic licenses of the flagship products in Bentley s water and wastewater solution, as well as updated and expanded tutorials that reflect the software s latest advances. Also new to the 8th edition is a chapter about transient analysis that features step-by-step tutorials that demonstrate how to identify, manage, and mitigate transient risks using Bentley HAMMER.

Computer Applications in Hydraulic Engineering, Eighth Edition

Engineering & Transportation

Tom Walski

Tom Barnard

Rocky Durrans

Mike Meadows

Brian Whitman

Steve Lowry

Engineering

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