2.0 Course prerequisites

Welcome and Preliminaries

• 1 .0 Introduction and course overview1

• 2.0 Course prerequisites1

• Support and Lecture Q&A (Please read!)

• 3.0 Installing Nbextensions (optional)3

Expanding from 2 to 3 Dimensions

• 4.0 Section overview1

• 5.0 Review of transformations in 2D1

• 6.0 Expanding to a 3D transformation matrix1

• 7.0 The 6x6 element stiffness matrix1

Coding the Third Dimension

• 8.0 Section overview1

• 9.0 Visualising our 3D structure2

• 10.0 Adding node number annotations1

• 11.0 3D orientations and lengths1

• 12.0 Building the 3D structure stiffness matrix1

• 13.0 Solving for displacements, reactions and axial forces1

• 14.0 Visualising axial forces & deflections1

• 15.0 Detailed text output1

• Jupyter Notebook - (lectures 9-15)

Improving the User Experience

• 16.0 Section overview1

• 17.0 Adding a colormap for axial forces1

• 18.0 Adding UI widgets for plot adjustments1

• Jupyter Notebook - (lectures 17 &18)

Building 3D Structures in Blender

• 19.0 Section overview1

• 20.0 How can Blender help us?1

• 21.0 Downloading & installing Blender1

• 22.0 Blender overview & interface basics1

• 23.0 Object versus edit mode1

• 24.0 Basic modelling - rectilinear structures1

• 25.0 Basic modelling - organic/curved structures1

• Blender File - (lecture 25)

• Mid-course check-in

Jupyter/Blender Data Transfer

• 26.0 Section overview1

• 27.0 Exporting model data from Blender1

• 28.0 Importing model data into our Jupyter Notebook1

• 29.0 Exporting deflections from our Jupyter Notebook1

• 30.0 Visualising model deflections in Blender1

• Blender File - (lectures 27 & 30)

• Jupyter Notebook - (lectures 28-29)

Case Study Structures

• 31.0 Section overview1

• 32.0 Transmission tower - Modelling1

• Blender File - (lecture 32)

• 33.0 Transmission tower - analysis1

• Jupyter Notebook - (lecture 33)

• 34.0 Geodesic dome - modelling and better data export1

• Blender File - (lecture 34)

• 35.0 Geodesic dome - analysis3

• Jupyter Notebook - (lecture 35)

• 36.0 Gherkin-esk tower1

• Jupyter Notebook - (lecture 36)

• Blender File - (lecture 36)

• 37.0 Space frame structure5

• Jupyter Notebook - (lecture 37)

• Blender File - (lecture 37)

• 38.0 Course wrap up & Certificate of Completion3

Course Updates

• Jupyter Notebooks - (Lecture 39)

• 39.0 Including self-weight in the analysis1

• 40.0 Blender data-viz - Structure setup & force data1

• Jupyter Notebook - (Lecture 40)

• 41.0 Blender data-viz - Blocking out the code1

• 42.0 Blender data-viz - The transformation matrix3

• 43.0 Blender data-viz - Generating materials from force data1

• Blender File - (lectures 40-43)