title: "Introducing Structural Design" date: "2026-06-01" excerpt: "Connect your ETABS model, let a reinforcement-learning agent size a code-compliant lateral system, and review every element before you accept it."
Today we're introducing our first product: a tool that sizes a code-compliant lateral system straight from your ETABS model.
Connect, don't re-model
A lightweight connector links your running ETABS session to DatumBlocks. Geometry, sections, loads and combinations are read in — no exports, no re-modeling. You see exactly what was captured before anything changes.
AI sizes, physics verifies
A reinforcement-learning agent searches the section space for an efficient, compliant design. Every result is checked against NZS 3404 and validated with nonlinear analysis. The AI proposes; the physics decides.
You stay in control
Inspect every element in the interactive workspace, override anything by hand, and push the design you accept back into your workflow. Verified, not guessed.