Awatif Blog: AI agents and software for structural engineers

  1. Rules first, method second: a soap film on a smooth wire and Mohamed Adil

    How a Soap Film Can Help Us Build Better Agents

    A soap film follows one rule. I gave an AI agent that rule and no method, and compared what it did with Jacobi and Gauss–Seidel.
  2. The roof of a house from its IFC model, six timber girders checked to Eurocode 5

    Design Your Roof Beams with One Prompt

    You define the structural system and the design requirements. From one prompt, an AI agent builds the model, runs the analysis, designs the beams, and waits for your approval.
  3. ETABS torsion iteration, 1.5 hours to 15 minutes, run by an AI agent

    ETABS Torsion Iteration in 15 Minutes Instead of 1.5 Hours

    Muhanned Othman built an AI agent that runs the ACI 318-19 torsion modifier loop in ETABS for him. On his model: 1.5 hours down to under 15 minutes.
  4. Mohamed Adil reflecting on the next stage of Awatif

    The Problem Was Right. The Business Model Was Wrong.

    Six months into building Awatif, we changed the offer, reversed how we divided our time, and clarified what comes next.
  5. Building Awatif from a café in Amsterdam

    Three Months Building Awatif Full-Time: Build, Sell, Launch

    What happened when we stopped preparing and started putting Awatif in front of structural engineers.
  6. Prompt modeling a structural truss in Awatif

    Prompt Modeling: The End of Parametric Scripting?

    How AI-driven prompt modeling goes straight from intent to geometry — and why the scripting layer in between may not survive.
  7. Mohamed Adil taking a goodbye selfie after leaving his 9-to-5 job

    Why I Left My 9-to-5

    Leaving a stable structural engineering job, the workflow frustration that led to programming, and the question that became Awatif.
  8. Awatif data structure visualization

    Awatif: A New Data Structure for Structural Engineering

    Discover how Awatif's three-level data structure enables seamless collaboration from design through analysis.
  9. Building a 3D Geometry Modeling Tool cover

    Building a 3D Geometry Modeling Tool for Awatif.co

    Learn how we built a hybrid 3D modeling tool combining manual flexibility with parametric efficiency.
  10. Mayur Mistry podcast cover featuring Mohamed Adil discussing Awatif

    How Awatif is Redefining Parametric Modeling?

    Mohamed Adil joins Mayur Mistry's podcast to discuss the journey behind Awatif and the product vision.
  11. Conference talk cover from Mohamed Adil's presentation

    Can We Simulate Physics and Design Buildings in Real Time?

    Highlights from Mohamed Adil's London conference talk on real-time physics, collaboration, and Awatif's roadmap.
  12. FEM simulation cover

    A Bird's-Eye View of FEM Simulation

    A simple, energy-based intuition for FEM: strain, energy minimization, shape functions, and practical discretization.
  13. Parametric modeling cover

    The Benefits of Parametric Modeling in Structural Engineering

    How parametric modeling supports automation, design exploration, optimization, and sensitivity analysis.