Systems and methods for the design and analysis of structural connections

A method of building a structural system including a plurality of structural components, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor configured to operate a visualization tool, input via an interface arrange with the processor, the input comprising instructions for arranging a plurality of visualization objects in a design layout, the visualization objects stored in a member arranged with the processor and executed by the processor in response to the instructions, the visualization objects respectively representing the plurality of structural components of the structural system such that the design layout is a representation of a physical layout of the structural system;
• depicting on a display coupled to the processor, via the visualization tool, a first visualization comprising the design layout;
• receiving, by the processor via the interface, values for at least one parameter for each visualization object in the design layout, wherein each parameter corresponds to a parameter of the represented structural component;
• generating, via the processor, a feasibility model of the design based at least in part on at least one of the design layout and the values for the parameters of the visualization objects in the design layout, wherein generating the feasibility model of the design layout is also based at least in part on predetermined boundary conditions calculated from the structural components, wherein generating the feasibility model of the design layout comprises generating a first model and a second model, respectively, based upon two independent calculations, wherein the first model is based on a first assumption of a structural component of the plurality of structural components of the structural system, wherein the second model is based on a second assumption of the same structural component of the plurality of structural components of the structural system used in the first model, and wherein generating the updated layout comprises comparing the first model with the second model;
• generating, via the processor, an updated layout of the visualization objects in the design layout based at least in part on the feasibility model, wherein at least one of the visualization objects of the updated layout is different from a corresponding visualization object of the design layout;
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• depicting on the display, via the visualization tool, a second visualization comprising the updated layout.