Capabilities
What Cocodrilo can do.
AI assistant
The AI assistant for your models.
An AI assistant that builds and analyses models, solver interoperability, and analysis-ready meshing. Interact with your analysis model in natural language, quickly spot caveats in a model, or build whole structures from a sketch - and much more. This is just the beginning of a new journey: test it and leave feedback - we're eager to learn from you what to improve.
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Ask your model anything
Query nodes, elements, materials and results in natural language instead of hunting through panels.
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Systematic edits & checks
Have the assistant apply changes across the model, sanity-check inputs and flag inconsistencies.
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Analyse & compare
Ask it to interpret the structural system, compare design options and summarise what changed.
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Parametric models
Models that flex with your parameters.
The whole analytical model: geometry, sections, materials, loads and support is built in Grasshopper, then driven by your parameters. Change a division count or the truss depth and the geometry updates, then your analysis and the results all rebuild with it.
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The same Grasshopper definition that builds the geometry also assigns sections, materials, loads and supports, runs the analysis and reads results back. Every input change is a full structural model, not just a shape. Output it in your desired analysis software and it is ready to run there.
Interoperability
BIM ↔ Grasshopper ↔ FEM, one model in the middle.
Cocodrilo's StructuralModel is the neutral hub. Pull geometry and data in from BIM, shape it parametrically in Grasshopper, and push a clean analytical model out to your FEM solver - a round-trip, not a one-way export.
- Revit
- IFC
- Tekla
- Archicad
- Rhino.Inside
Geometry, grids, levels & metadata in.
Structural Model
nodes · elements · materials · physics · loads - optimization · code aware
Grasshopper · Rhino 8- ETABS
- SAP2000
- Strand7
- RFEM
- SOFiSTiK
- Robot
Analytical model & results back.
Exchange formats - IFC · .e2k / .$et · .s2k / .$kv · .txt (st7)
The neutral hub for your analysis stack.
Cocodrilo sits between BIM and FEM so your model stops being retyped. Author it once in Grasshopper, push it to the solver your office runs on, and bring the results back to the same source of truth.
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Interoperability
One model, every tool.
The same Cocodrilo model can be extended to whichever solver you work in and can smoothly interop between others. The model ensures completeness according to the inputs, which makes it possible to reuse the obtained data in either similar analyses, or using it for completely different purposes. The information can be used for LCA purposes, cost analysis, and even construction engineering as staging and lifting. There shall be no limitations in opportunities.
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14 storeys · setbacks · shear walls + slabs
Switch between the targets to see the same model rendered the way each solver draws it - an ETABS shear-wall frame, a Strand7 shell contour, an IFC or Revit handover.
Meshing
A mesher optimized for finite element analyses.
This mesher isn't built for visualization - it's designed to cater for the needs of numerical analysis, producing analysis-ready meshes with the element quality, conformity and control an FE solver depends on.
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Meshing that fits your purpose
We have created a meshing solution that adapts to your specific needs, ensuring optimal performance for analysis while maintaining accuracy with inclusion curves and points. With parameters tailored to your problem, you can achieve the best results for your specific use case.
More capabilities are on their way - get in touch to hear when they're live.