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architectural approval (Stenning & Taylor, 2005).
Contractually the curtain wall designer Seele, was obligated to hand over their object
model to the steel detailer, BDS, but that never happened (Appendix A). Seele ultimately
gave their wireframe model to Hoffman, with a liability waver. Therefore the steel
detailer ended up creating their own 3D model, which became the main model on this
project (Figure 9). BDS used Tekla Structures (formerly known was Xsteel) to model the
complex structural elements converging at different angles. Since the glazing would be
applied directly to the diagonal steel, it was mandatory to have all the geometry in 3D.
Instead of receiving a model from the curtain wall designer, as was originally anticipated,
the steel detailer ended up sending their model to Seele so they could verify that the
geometry of the diagonal steel and the curtain wall mullions lined up perfectly.