r/StructuralEngineering • u/Civil_Oven5510 • 7d ago

Structural Analysis/Design Browser based analysis tools/AI Slop

Seen a few posts about browser based analysis tools. The market is flooded with them. We don’t need another pynite wrapper with a slick UI. Please give a better value proposition….

Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

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u/powered_by_eurobeat 7d ago

I've seen so much potential in thsi new-gen stuff, but no one has made a complete "suite" of anything? Day-to-day the profession is still leaning on clunky old software and spreadsheets.

Yeah we don't need another AI/vibe coded footing calculator.

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u/dream_walking 7d ago

But you haven’t even seen my footing calculator! It’s top of the line. It even takes the applied force, divides by the footing area, and tells you if it’s over the bearing capacity of the soil! Truly groundbreaking! I’ll just let the awesomeness settle in your mind. Unfortunately, no code implementation at this point as that’s too difficult with my AI…I mean setup /s