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Innovation Contest
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Silver Medal
International Construction
Awards
Madrid 2006
www.methocad.com
MéthoCAD i s a software developed under AutoCAD o n a PC p latform. It is destinated to contractors
for the preparation and p lanning of projects of construction sites in safe conditions while optimizing
the equipment use. T hanks t o its user-friendly interface, i t can b e taken i n hands quickly and doesn’t
require any prerequisite knowledge i n computers. MéthoCAD is developed f or now 1 5 years and
distributed successfully worldwide.
The AutoCAD walls are exported to the Forms Manager which looks like an Excel sheet.
Using the graphic interface, the user presets the form gangs from the forms stock. The
software shifts automatically t he f orms f rom phase t o phase i n order t o optimize their
reuse. No hermetic solution is imposed by the software, the user drives the software and
not the opposite, he can intervene at any time. All the modifications are possible, addition
or removal of forms, pouring phase changes to catch up a delay on the site. It is also
possible to work with 2 or more formworks types coming from different manufacturers
simultaneously. D ifferent summaries a re obtained, w alls l engths and volumes, f orms
stocks, box outs, stop ends...
Phase 1
Phase 2
MethoCAD i ncludes a lso a module for civil works like
sewage, t unnels, b ridges… A ny t ype o f wall can be
shuttered interactively with t he help of d ialog boxes.
The tie bars position can be checked compared to the
walls openings. The front, top and 3 D views can be
displayed. A detailed summary o f the panels is t hen
extracted from the drawing.