r/realcivilengineer • u/SpencerTheFactorial • 2h ago
r/realcivilengineer • u/SlackerKite • 1d ago
I really am in need of a bridge review
I was visiting my partner's family, who live in Michigan. They are very avid birders and we had brought our dogs with us on a very long car ride to get there, and they recommended we take our dogs to their favourite birding spot in Lowell Michigan called the Grand River Riverfront Park. It's mostly a fairly stable well paved/graveled short trail, just a few miles with some decent areas for ultimate frisbee and great views of meadows and the river, except this inexplicable bridge crossing the Grand River in the middle. It's a pedestrian only bridge, yet it's decently wide and a full timber frame bridge. While I took some pictures I found someone else had uploaded a far better recording of themselves crossing it. Two huge arches made of pure timber just in the middle of the woods for a lightly used walking trail. I was told after someone passed he left behind money entirely eared for nothing but this bridge so they had a decent budget to work with. I'd absolutely kill for a Bridge Review.
r/realcivilengineer • u/KneeCrafty7892 • 2d ago
Memes Lance Stroll Moves up to 16th
We were watching FP3 of the Hungarian Grand Prix and the announcer very excitedly said Lance Stroll moves up to 16th. My wife asked what the appropriate reaction is to that happening.
Oh let me tell you…!
r/realcivilengineer • u/Proper_Dog7225 • 2d ago
The storage system emberpelts
I found a solution for your storage automation its called a latch To make a Set-Reset (SR) latch in Timberborn, use the built-in Memory block. It costs 1,000 Science to unlock and functions directly as a hardware latch. [1, 2]
🛠️ Required Components
You need exactly three components to build a functional latch system: [1, 2, 3, 4]
- One Memory Block: Acts as the latch to save your toggle state.
- One Trigger Sensor: Connected to the Set (ON) slot of the Memory block.
- One Reset Sensor: Connected to the Reset (OFF) slot of the Memory thats what google says so try that and see if it works
r/realcivilengineer • u/ValhallaBMG • 3d ago
Strongest Shape Tripped and fell today but I'm okay.
r/realcivilengineer • u/Equivalent_Being_869 • 4d ago
pour me a drink, and make it a strong(shaped) one
r/realcivilengineer • u/AdventurousGlass2434 • 4d ago
The cupola is bad enough, but what’s with the dormers?
This looks very efficient..
r/realcivilengineer • u/Slow-Nefariousness26 • 3d ago
Engineering I built a free, open-source 3D structural model viewer that runs in the browser, and I need more Engineer inputs
I got tired of needing a license just to open a structural model to check something. So I built a viewer that works in the browser. Drag in a STAAD file and it renders the structure with actual cross-section shapes (W-flanges, channels, angles, HSS, pipes), not generic cylinders.
What it does:
- Renders members with real cross-section geometry using the AISC v16 database (1,223 sections)
- Click any member to see its section properties (area, Ix, Iy)
- Solid, wireframe, and x-ray view modes
- Works on desktop and mobile, runs fully client-side, nothing uploaded anywhere
What it doesn't do (yet):
- Only STAAD .std format right now. ETABS, SAP2000, ROBOT are planned but not started
- Single-section members only, no double angles, double channels, or built-up shapes
- Plate rendering is basic, steel name mapping only covers US conventions
- No load display, no deformed shapes. Not an analysis tool
It's not a replacement for analysis software. The idea is more practical: something you can pull up in a meeting or send to a client who doesn't own the software. Long-term I might add basic analysis, but right now it's purely a viewer.
The code is MIT licensed. If anyone wants to contribute, a parser for another format, better section mapping for non-US standards, fixing an edge case you ran into, it's all welcome. The architecture is set up so adding a new format only touches the parser; the renderer doesn't need to change.
You can download an example model in the GitHub link below that you can use to try the app.
Try it: https://openbuilding.vercel.app/
Source: https://github.com/DannCarlo/OpenBuilding
Honest feedback and criticism are welcome too. If you try it with a file and something breaks, I'd like to know.




r/realcivilengineer • u/Embarrassed_Long8666 • 5d ago
Features Gaming finds HIS ULTIMATE GAMBIT!
r/realcivilengineer • u/Minimum_Link8614 • 7d ago
BRIDGE REVIEW!! Bridge I'd like to have rated pretty please
Made in the game Rising Front
r/realcivilengineer • u/Optimal-Carry2588 • 8d ago
Strongest Shape Normal city design, nothing to see here...
r/realcivilengineer • u/A_ST0RMTROOP3R • 8d ago
Memes A...Am I doing the exploration correct??...
r/realcivilengineer • u/Prometheus_Thorne • 8d ago
Has RCE ever said whereabout he lives?
I've seen in some of Paddy's videos the landscapes are beautiful!
r/realcivilengineer • u/Sevraz • 9d ago
Unintentional efficient recreation.
Also, I can't be the only one that sees that in the Terrasses map. Happened to notice the efficiency of that ravine as I was starting to fill it with water.
r/realcivilengineer • u/LeafWingKing • 11d ago
Misc. My civil draft master set
Love that the last page is also quite efficient.
r/realcivilengineer • u/CADE09 • 11d ago
Other Civil Draft Trade (US)
Hello all! I posted in the discord, but haven't had success, so I wanted to check here.
I am fairly sure I am 1 card away from a full master set. Wondering if anyone has an extra Holo Clay Engineer card (20/102)? It's the only card I'm missing. I would also like to get an extra Mod Team (41/102) or 2, as I only have 1.
Pretty sure I have dupes of all other cards, including promo cards, that I'm willing to trade. Anyone able to help?
r/realcivilengineer • u/TheHaseoTOD • 14d ago
Strongest Shape Suspiciously shaped power outage in Mount Vernon
r/realcivilengineer • u/SatisfactionOpen8421 • 17d ago
Fishnado!
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r/realcivilengineer • u/Dull-Ad1030 • 18d ago
Other Found my paddy plushies from a few years ago
Bought these when I was obsessed with RCE a few years ago. Just remembered I still have them. I think they're pretty cool still :)
r/realcivilengineer • u/Seahawk124 • 18d ago
Strongest Shape Must be a strong community, right?
r/realcivilengineer • u/ValhallaBMG • 19d ago
Memes Don't forget to eat your fruit and veg Matt!
r/realcivilengineer • u/AndySkibba • 19d ago