Setareh, MehdiBowman, Douglas A.Tumati, P.2013-06-192013-06-192001http://hdl.handle.net/10919/20050This paper contains the results of an on-going collaborative research effort by the departments of Architecture and Computer Science of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, U.S.A., to develop a computer visualization application for the structural analysis of building structures. The VIRTUAL-SAP computer program is being developed by linking PC-SAP4 (Structural Analysis Program), and virtual environment software developed using the SVE (Simple Virtual Environment) library. VIRTUAL-SAP is intended for use as a collaborative design tool to facilitate the interaction between the architect, engineer, and contractor by providing an environment that they can walk-through and observe the consequences of design alterations. Therefore, this software can be used as an interactive computer-aided analysis of building systems.application/pdfenIn CopyrightInformation visualizationTechnical reportTR-01-18http://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000542/01/paper_final.pdf