Month: February 2018

What Are The Civil Engineering Interview Questions?

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Interviews are something which makes everyone fearful because of the uncertain events. And when we talk about civil engineering this fear increases exponentially. However, in reality, interviews are the most comfortable part of the recruitment process. You just need to focus on some preliminary questions and you are done. So, to help civil engineers with their interviews we have listed below some of the most common interview questions, have a look.

  • Most Common Civil Engineering Interview Questions
  • What is OSHA compliance?
  • What is the composition of a landfill?
  • What is reinforced concrete?
  • What are the different types of foundation?
  • What is flashing?
  • What is Critical Path Method (C.P.M)?
  • Explain what zoning permit is?
  • Mention different types of roof systems?
  • What are demising walls?
  • Explain what does 1/8 on the architect ruler denotes?
  • What are wooden shingles?
  • Explain what are the problems one might face while having a Cantilever balcony?
  • What is the ideal size of the living room ranges from small to a large scale?

These classic questions mentioned above will surely help you to nail your civil engineering interview. So, gear up your skillset and get ready for the interview. Good Luck!

CAD Predictions for 2018

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The rapid technological advancements are changing the shape of the world. Innovations are going up, and software is continuously upgrading. So why CAD tools remain obsolete? Thus, to maintain pace with the advancing technology, CAD tools are continually evolving. So, to understand this change in a better way, listed below are the 2018 predictions of CAD.

Three-tier Automation

Currently, automation is the most trending technology in the engineering world. From agriculture to automobile everything is automated. So CAD follows the trend and implements three levels of automation in product design which are illustrated below:

Assistive Automation tends to reduce the friction created by trivial tasks, such as assemblies, which are repetitive and consumes a lot of time.

Augmentative Automation implements Multiphysics simulations to assist engineers in decision making. Under this automation, engineers only need to focus on problem formulation and remaining all the functions will be performed automatically by the system.

Autonomous Automation is an automation technique which works automatically without any human interference.

Double Benefit of IoT and Mechatronics The convergence of mechanical and electrical design in mechatronics and the power of IoT has the potential to revolutionize CAD in 2018. Gradually, the difference between electrical and mechanical designs is fading away which is promoting the mechatronic technology, such as robots in which sensors are connected to circuit boards in a mechanical body. Furthermore, IoT innovations are enabling manufacturers to receive information from products to improve designs. Overall, this dual power of mechatronics and IoT will transform product designing in 2018.

CAD Cloud

2018 will be powered by cloud CAD where all the CAD programs will run entirely on the cloud. Recently, SOLIDWORKS announced that it plans to launch cloud-based CAD program called SOLIDWORKS X design. Similarly, Autodesk also has cloud-based CAD platform named Fusion 360. These development show cloud technologies will be a leading force in 2018.

Augmented CAD

Augmented reality will shape the future of CAD in 2018. The increasing popularity of augmented reality allows engineers to collaborate their product designs in an efficient manner making it possible for the stakeholders to interact with 3D models.

Although CAD tools will go many transitions and transformations in 2018; however, the primary focus will remain only on these four aspects: Automation, IoT and Mechatronics, Cloud CAD, and Augmented CAD. Overall, in 2018 CAD software will evolve many folds and will transform the shape of the design industry.

Drones learn to navigate by imitating Cars and Bicycles Autonomously

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The commercial drones these days make use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) to traverse. Such a method works fine when the drones fly at a high altitude. But the real hurdle arises when these drones navigate autonomously at a lower altitude. At such low altitudes, there are several issues such as

  • More density of building
  • Unstructured stress with the movement of several vehicles and humans.

The drones at this level have not reached to such a stage where they can react to an unforeseen event quickly. There are ways to enhance the functionalities of these drones.

Integration of autonomous navigation in drones

The development of DroNet by researchers at the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics and the University of Zurich shows that autonomous navigation of drone is possible. It is an algorithm that helps the drones to fly through the busy streets of a city safely. With the help of one input image, it produces two outputs:

  • A steering angle and
  • A collision probability

The former helps the drone to avoid accidents, while the later helps it to identify the dangerous situations and react to them.

Powerful artificial intelligence algorithm

A team of Swiss researchers sought the help of a powerful algorithm and a normal smartphone camera to make the drones smarter. The combination helped the drone interpret the real-time situation and react accordingly. The algorithm used, consisted of Deep Neural Network.

Teaching the Drones through Cars and Bicycles

The collection of training examples is one of the biggest issues in Deep Learning. The drones can learn by imitating the driving behavior in the examples. Thus, Prof. Scaramuzza, along with his team collected the data from cars and bicycles driving in urban areas.

Fully autonomous drones – The Future

Through this research, the doors are open to several applications such as parcel delivery, surveillance and much more. The drones can drive within the clustered roads, with ease and save a lot of time. However, the team cautions from expecting too much from cheap drones.

What’s new in Revit 2018

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The 2018 release of Revit has introduced some amazing features for the users. These features will enable the designers to model a complete, consistent, and coordinated designs for multiple disciplines. These features have the extensibility to both detailing and construction. The list of features are:

Co-ordinated Models

The new Revit feature, now allows the users to link their NWC or NWD files of the coordination models that are generated on Navisworks®. This feature can be helpful to compare the non-Revit and Revit model.

Scheduled Groups and Revit Links

The users can now select the fields that appear in the schedule on the Fields tab of Schedule Property Dialog Box. Also, the new feature allows the Revit experts to include the elements from a linked model.

Global Parameters

In the 2018 Revit updates, the experts can now embed designs with project-wide parameters. Furthermore, these parameters can now work with equality constraints and diameter and radial dimensions.

Multistory Stairs

The new feature of stairs allows the users to create multistory stairs by selecting the levels of the building. These stairs adjust automatically when the heights are changed. These stairs can be created from the existing stairs even at a later stage.

Railings

The new railing feature allows the users to modify the railing by chaining its height, shape, and number. Also, the path of the railing can be customized through sketch tools.

MEP Fabrication Model

The 2018 updates allow the experts build a run of connected MEP fabrication parts automatically by just clicking on the points of the model. The selection of the parts is automatic from the current fabrication service and group.

MEP Design and Analysis

With the help of the new updates in Revit, the users can now manipulate the pathways of the circuit. Also, the updates in MEP design and analysis allows the users to define their own type of space. They can also include the requirements of outdoor air.

Rebar for Complex Geometry

The latest rebar updates allow the placement of rebar as concrete objects that are of free-form. Also, it allows the reinforcement of concrete elements that are imported and their varying rebar distribution is improved.

 

These are just a glimpse of updates in Revit 2018. There are many more interesting features such as Rebar Graphical Constraints in 3D, Additional Steel Connections, Collaboration for Revit, Work-sharing, Parametric components, and much more.