Beaver

Parametric Timber Design

Beaver is a software for structural engineers that allows for parametric design and optimization of timber structures. It is a powerful tool for exploring design alternatives and finding the most efficient solutions.

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Features

Parametric Modeling

Create and modify complex structural models with ease using our intuitive parametric modeling tools.

Structural Analysis

Perform linear and non-linear structural analysis to ensure the safety and reliability of your designs.

Optimization

Optimize your designs for weight, cost, or any other performance metric using our advanced optimization algorithms.

About Us

We are a team of structural engineers and software developers passionate about creating tools that empower engineers to design better timber structures.
Our mission is to make parametric design and optimization accessible to every structural engineer.

Projects

Forty-meter span roof truss

A forty-meter timber roof truss designed using algorithmic parametric methods to minimize nodes and material use while improving structural efficiency.

Bending active hardwood glulam beam-string

A bending-active timber beam-string system, form-found via parametric algorithms to minimize material, reduce connection steel, and maximize structural and production efficiency.

Our Team

Renan Prandini

Researcher at University of Stuttgart
Founder

João Pini

Engineer Manager at Ita Engenharia
Founder

Márcio Sartorelli

Software Engineer at StructureCraft
Founder

Lucas Nunes Gabriel

Lead Software Engineer at Ita
Partner

Pedro Giachini

Computational Designer at CodeDesign
Collaborator

Publications

Please cite our scientific work when sharing Beaver.

Beaver: A Parametric Design Framework for Timber Engineering

See how Beaver advances parametric workflows tailored to timber engineering.

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Performance-Based Design of a Bending Active Hardwood Glulam Beam-String

Explore the form-finding paradox behind our bending-active beam-string research.

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Adaptive Reciprocally Framed Tessellation for Doubly Curved Surfaces

Investigates adaptive reciprocal frame patterns to discretize complex curved surfaces for efficient fabrication.

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Tutorials

Learn Beaver in 5 minutes

This tutorial will guide you through the basics of Beaver and show you how to get started with parametric structural design.

Learn how to:

Create a new project
Define structural elements
Run a structural analysis
Optimize your design

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Fill out the form below to get your license and start using Beaver today! Also, make sure to check out our installation video for a smooth setup process.