🧭Shapemaker Platform Overview

Shapemaker is a cloud-based software platform used for designing and analyzing telecom infrastructure, such as towers, masts, monopoles and rooftops. The software includes a web application that engineers can use directly in their browsers, as well as APIs that allow other systems to connect to Shapemaker and use its features automatically.

Shapemaker AS is a company that specializes in cloud-based engineering solutions for the telecommunications industry. We empower civil and telecom engineers with tools to design, analyze, and optimize infrastructure like towers, masts, monopoles and rooftops.

Structural analysis in Europe

Capability	Description
Geometry	3 and 4-legged self-supported lattice towers, monopoles, guyed masts and tripod-rooftop structures build-up from the European hot-rolled and cold-formed members (individual members) made of European steel.
Material type	Support European steel
Member capacities	Capacity assessment of hot-rolled and cold-formed individual members of European steel
Connections	Bolted connection assessment of individual members with most patterns and types covered in the Eurocode. Bolted connection of a tower to its foundation with most patterns and types covered in the Eurocode and ability to account for bolt corrosion. All bolt sizes and all bolt grades covered by the Eurocode are supported.
FEA	Finite Element Analysis capability covering natural frequency analysis, static and dynamic analysis. Shapemaker has integrated Finite Element Analysis (FEA) solver to support a wide range of structural simulations. This advanced solver, known as OpenSees was developed by researchers affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley
Foundation	Analyze foundation stability characteristics (bearing, sliding, overturning) for the following foundation types: 4-pedestals with a pad; 1-pedestal with a pad; 4-piers without a pad; 1-pier; Anchor; Raft/pad. Support several soil layers for foundation analysis.

Wind analysis in Europe

Capability	Description
Wind determination	Automatically determine wind speed values at any location in Europe (from Eurocode maps) and the ability to overwrite wind speed values to a specific wind profile.
User-defined site-specific wind profile	Overwrite all wind-related parameters with user-defined wind profile.
Customize wind directions	Choose and edit wind directions
Site-specific Exposure	Automatically analyze roughness of the ground around a structure located in Europe and ability to overwrite automatically determined roughness factor
Site-specific Topography/Orography	Automatically analyze topographical characteristics of the ground around a structure located in Europe and ability to overwrite automatically determined topography factor
Location security	Remove site location details even after running site-specific analysis to keep its results

Reporting

Functionality	Description
Comprehensive report	Detailed engineering report - similar to reports delivered by top engineering consultancies
One page report with drawings	One page report outlining the overall status of the tower; Tower Key Plan drawing; Detailed overview of discrete ancillaries in plan view at each antenna elevation on a tower; Discrete ancillary clashing alert
Hide antenna data	Hide antenna related details of any antenna owners
Language support	English, French, German and any other language upon request
User notes	Ability to add any user notes to the report

Ancillaries

Functionality	Description
Support for discrete ancillary types, including custom ancillary shapes	Panel antenna; Microwave dish with shroud; Microwave dish without shroud; Microwave dish as grid; Microwave dish with radome; Omni antenna; GPS device; Yagi antenna; Dipole antenna; RRU module; FTTA box; PTTA box; TMA device; MHA device; Obstruction light; Lightning rod; Helix antenna, Working platform; Custom box shape; Custom cylinder
Customer’s antenna database	Searchable and editable discrete ancillary antenna database
Import/export antenna database	Export entire discrete ancillary database as a CSV file and import unlimited number of discrete ancillaries from a CSV file to the database
Import/export site antennas	Import and export discrete ancillary table as a CSV file for specific site
Clustering of antennas	Cluster (combine) antennas into groups and populate discrete ancillary tables with a click
Linear ancillary	Definition of frontal projected area for any linear ancillary
Ancillary shielding	Possibility to define wind “shielding” of any ancillary. Wind shielding is a factor applied to reduce wind drag of any ancillary to mimic wind “shielding” (wind blocking) of one ancillary by the other
Automatic Shielding	Possibility to calculate the automatic shielding factors in Shapemaker. For each wind direction, the feature evaluates how a discrete ancillary is shielded by nearby discrete ancillaries delivering more precise results with less manual effort.
Colocation capability	Account for several owners of antennas on the same tower Automatic color-coding of ancillaries to differentiate between ancillary owners Exclude ancillary from analysis, but keep it in the ancillary table
Precision location of discrete ancillary	Manually overwrite automatically determined discrete ancillary location on the tower to position ancillary at any tower location (even inside the tower body)
Custom force coefficients	Users are able to input custom force coefficients manually or calculate using manufacturer wind tunnel data.

UI functionality

Functionality	Description
3D viewer (digital twin)	Structure, ancillary (discrete and linear), platforms and ladders. Visualized in perspective, front, top, left and right views. Read more about our 3D-viewer and capabilities
Map view	Visualize location of tower portfolio on a map (satellite, street, terrain types, 3D buildings)
Project grouping with tags	Ability to group structures into projects with tags
FEA overview	Visualize structure in the FEA viewer Visualize load cases, member and connection utilization Sort by tower panels, members or nodes
Advanced settings	Possibility to adjust default constants

Software platform

Functionality	Description
API integration	Seamless API integration into asset management platforms such as Sitetracker, Atrebo or Tarantula API endpoints: Structures; Advanced settings; Reports; Projects; FEA viewer; OpenSees; Analysis; Products; Ancillaries; Users; Site; Automation; Default
Accessibility	Cloud based online application. Optimized for computer screens.

Business

Functionality	Description
Business insight	Get a full overview of your portfolio to make informed decisions based on insights
Map overview	Plot your portfolio on a map to gain insight on where the load is the greatest.
Co-location requests	Answer the co-location request the same day, because Shapemaker allows you to run structural analysis by using just a few seconds and gives you immediate results on the new loading scenario.

Other product features

Functionality in app	Description
TowerBuilder	Onboard your own tower families directly into Shapemaker. To support you through the process, Shapemaker offers a detailed 2D-visualization of the current state of the tower.