Branch

Calling all Software X Structural engineers: are you interested in revolutionizing the future of structural design and manufacturing software? and defining how we integrate AI? Come join us at @branch.3d - a manifestation of the master builder model in the software age. Branch integrates... ✔️ Real-time structural design ✔️ 3D modeling / detailing ✔️ Carbon analysis ✔️ Shop drawings, BOMs, CNC files ... enabling much faster exploration of the structural design space, and bringing the designer to the POV of the builder. 👥 We care deeply about quality and performance. If topics like these interest you... ● How to analyze thousands of elements in <20ms, client-side on the web ● Scaling models to represent and display millions of details in a unified platform ● How AI should be integrated into the future of engineering software ● “Food4Rhino” for the world’s structural calculations ● Challenging existing engineering software and creating beautiful tools with tuned, modern UX (who says FE models need to be ugly?) ...and you’re a talented software developer or structural engineer interested in pushing forward the industry and working with some of the sharpest minds to do so - DM me, or apply at the link in my bio! Hiring: 👉 Full-stack - to architect end-to-end features, optimize performance, explore novel UI/UX. 👉 Analysis - to build and improve our core structural analysis engine. 🤔 What feature excites you? Share your thoughts below! #structuralanalysis #aiinengineering #hiring #engineeringjobs

✨In the closing lecture of the first day at Design-Tech Talk 8.0, Lucas Epp (@lucasepp ), Head of Engineering at @structurecraft_ , gave an inspiring talk about their innovative structural design approach, combining creativity, advanced technology, and architecture to shape the future of our built environment. 🎥Recordings are now available on our website: paacademy.com! Design-Tech Talk is an exclusive and engaging panel discussion featuring distinguished experts, each offering unique insights into the latest advancements in architecture, design innovation, and emerging technologies reshaping industries today. Tap the🔗 link in our bio for more information. #artificialintelligence #parametricdesign #computationaldesign

A special announcement: study your building structural performance in real time. 🚀 We are thrilled to launch Branch Concept Lite – available for free to all. Ever wanted to understand structural options for your buildings instantly during concept design? Need to compare quantities for concrete, steel, timber, or hybrid options while tracking embodied carbon? Branch Concept Lite allows you to study geometry, framing systems, and carbon interactively. Here is what you can do right now: ✔️Real-time analysis: Size & analyze structures instantly. ✔️Speed: Model your building in just 15s! ✔️Carbon data: Get detailed breakdowns & compare schemes. ✔️Mass Timber: Explore suppliers & specific properties. ✔️BOM: Generate real-time bills of materials. Our goal is to redefine how designers and builders engage with digital tools - speeding up the early conceptual phases to enable robust exploration of design options. This first 'Lite' release focuses on extruded building shapes so you can explore design concepts and understand material quantity and carbon impacts instantly as massing changes. This work is the result of the incredible effort of the Branch 3D team including Dan Cascaval, Lily Hui Huang, Nicholas Martino, Justin Jao, Márcio Sartorelli de Souza, Siebren Kwekkeboom, P.Eng., Andrey Dimitrov, Mark Skepasts, Shasan Chokshi, Cecilie Brandt-Olsen, Yam Chumpolphaisal, and Christian Slotboom, and there is LOTS more to come. Stay tuned for the full version of Branch Concept which will enable studying and comparing much more complex, real building geometries (think setbacks, transfers, differing framing systems throughout each floor or level), with full transparency to structural and carbon calculations. What features excite you most? Let us know below! ⬇️ Go try out Branch Concept Lite now at my link in bio.

Curious about end-to-end structural design software, batch size 1 manufacturing, and computational engineering? Join us at Shape to Fabrication this week in London. Mark Skepasts of @structurecraft_ will present Branch's approach to structural design, analysis, and detailing software, telling a story called Branching Innovation. The discussion will feature landmark timber projects like the Tianfu Agricultural Exposition and Taiyuan Botanical Garden Domes, which inspired Branch’s foundation. These projects challenged our team to explore computational solutions that optimized deliverables from schematic analysis to detailing and fabrication. Branch has since evolved from these explorations, with a talented team of software developers and designers applying advanced modeling and detailing solutions across many projects. At T3 Fat Village (Fort Lauderdale, USA), Branch enabled automated CNC workflows and shop drawings, while at Upper Macungie Township’s Community Recreation Center (Pennsylvania, USA), 3D modeling streamlined steel and timber shop drawings for a ~85m hybrid truss. This strong tie to ongoing projects is essential to Branch’s continuous development, making sure that the software addresses real project needs. Learn more about our current use of Branch, including a sneak peak of its latest features, this Thursday, 15:20 BST at the University of Westminster's Marylebone Campus. Projects pictured below (all using Branch for design and detailing): Johns Hopkins University Student Center | Baltimore, MD (2024) Taiyuan Botanical Garden Domes | Taiyuan, China (2021) Tianfu Agricultural Expo | Chengdu, China (2022) Upper Macungie Township Rec Center | Allentown, PA (2025) #ComputationalDesign #TimberEngineering #StructuralEngineering #ShapeToFab #LondonDesign #Branch3D

Hear how adventurous structural engineers and software developers at @structurecraft_ and Branch are streamlining workflows throughout the design process with parametric tools. At @shapetofabrication 's 2025 London Conference on April 16-17, Mark Skepasts will present on Branch, integrating design, manufacturing, and assembly with a focus on efficiency and sustainability. These comprehensive workflows came together for the currently in-design Makers KUbe at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design, including an all-wood mockup. Our discussion begins with the Tianfu Agricultural Exposition and Taiyuan Botanical Garden Domes, which inspired Branch’s foundation. These projects challenged our team to explore computational solutions that optimized deliverables from schematic analysis to detailing and fabrication. Branch has since evolved from these explorations, applying advanced modeling and detailing solutions across many projects. At T3 Fat Village (Fort Lauderdale, USA), Branch enabled automated CNC workflows and shop drawings, while at Upper Macungie Township’s Community Recreation Center (Pennsylvania, USA), 3D modeling streamlined steel and timber shop drawings for a ~85m hybrid truss. This strong tie to ongoing projects is essential to Branch’s continuous development, making sure that the software addresses real project needs. Building on these detailing successes, Branch continues to extend into real-time structural analysis, delivering cost and carbon insights at concept stage for towers such as the 13-story Bridge District Parcel 5 Tower (Washington, D.C.). Meanwhile, geometry optimization and form-finding for projects like Maker’s KUbe (University of Kansas, USA) help to shape the future analysis capabilities as the team re-imagines what structural analysis can be in an integrated platform with instant feedback. #Presentation #StructuralEngineering #ParametricDesign #ParametricArchitecture #Branch3D #SoftwareDevelopment

Showcasing the latest in structural design and manufacturing technology with two live demo screens, Branch's display at the 2024 Mass Timber Conference visualized realtime carbon, volume, and structural analysis data to attendees, exemplified by the Makers KUbe mock-up with @big_builds @bjarkeingels We're excited to be returning again this year in Portland at @structurecraft_ 's Booth 544. Come by to learn how Branch can integrate into your design workflow - all the way from concept design to CNC files. We'll be using the 15-story Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver as a prototype, featuring the latest in seismic design research & development. Stay tuned for more. #Software #StructuralAnalysis #Branch3D #MassTimber #Conference #Portland #StructuralEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #Grasshopper #Rhinoceros3d

How do we integrate real-time structural analysis and design, 3D modeling/detailing, and fabrication into a single, integrated design environment? If you're curious, be sure to attend Lucas Epp's presentation at @masstimberplus @greenbuildexpo in Philadelphia on November 14 at 9am! He will join John Klein of Generate and Amir Shahrokhi of @aspectengineers to address "Toward the Democratization of Mass Timber". Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/g7NxTuPT Branch is a next-generation software platform for building structure design which cuts across traditional boundaries between design and manufacturing in AEC. With Branch, all stakeholders—from owners and architects to engineers and CAM experts—can collaborate in a unified design space. This not only facilitates a smoother workflow but also enables real-time cost and carbon feedback on design changes, dramatically speeding up decision-making and enhancing accuracy. Pictured: Washington County Service Center, fully designed with Branch, 2023 #software #aec #conference #computationaldesign #generativedesign

Meet Branch, the next generation of structural design and manufacturing software. Built by an incredibly talented team (we’re hiring!) seated within StructureCraft and led by @lucasepp and Marne Zahner, Branch has been used to deliver more than 600,000sqft of built projects. With an initial focus on mass timber, Branch cuts across traditional boundaries between design, manufacturing, and construction to create an integrated design platform that is a first for AEC software. 💡 Imagine: ● A building structure which resizes thousands of elements in real-time as you change massing, gridlines, or fire rating, enabling real-time cost and carbon feedback ● The full power of Grasshopper available to encode your custom building logic and design options ● A groundbreaking new Parametric Object in Rhino which embeds a Grasshopper script inside itself – a true “Family” object for Rhino! Ever made a GH script where you wanted to manually edit special cases in Rhino but still preserve these edits through parametric changes? ✅ ● Automatic (yet customizable!) shop drawing and BOM / CNC file generation capabilities for fully-detailed building elements, right inside Rhino ● Heads-up live CAM/manufacturing feedback that blurs traditional boundaries between design and production ● A relationship-based model that makes accessing contextual information easy for any building element or area 👥 If topics like these interest you...and you’re a talented software developer, UI dev, or product manager interested in pushing forward the industry and working with some of the sharpest minds to do so – DM us or visit our website at the link in bio! #SoftwareDevelopment #MassTimber #StructuralAnalysis #aectech