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PRACTICAL WORKFLOW GUIDESUseful steps for the moments when information changes hands. Start with a clear export, review the analytical result, and carry the right context into every revision.
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Each guide includes a review sequence, questions to resolve with your team, and official references for the underlying exchange concepts.
A clearer SAF or IFC handoff
Agree the purpose of the exchange, preserve a useful source record, and check that the exported file contains the information you meant to send.
Read the guide 02 / REVIEW
Reviewing an analytical model
A repeatable path from model completeness and connections to material assignments, offsets, and the assumptions that belong with the engineer.
Read the guide 03 / REVISE
Managing the next design revision
Establish a baseline, understand what changed, and review the surrounding context before carrying the update into analysis.
Read the guideLeave the next person enough context.
A good exchange is more than an attached file. It tells the next person which model they are looking at, what it includes, and which decisions still need attention.
Use these guides as a starting point for your own team’s review process. Adapt the scope to the project and the receiving software, then make the decisions explicit enough to repeat on the next issue.
- Before export: agree the source, scope, and exchange format.
- Before analysis: review geometry, connections, and engineering inputs.
- Before accepting a revision: establish what changed and what it affects.
Keep the vocabulary connected to the work.
The glossary explains the exchange formats, analytical members, structural inputs, and review concepts used throughout these guides. Browse it alongside a guide when a term needs a little more context.
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