eQUILIBRIUM

about the relationship between form and forces in a structure. It is a holistic approach that combines design and analysis into a single, rigorous methodology that can be completed using pen and paper.

? Easy to learn, easy to use: using graphic statics, students can create sophisticated designs and perform rigorous, highly accurate analyses without programming skills or in-depth knowledge of complicated mathematical techniques.

? Interactive: the graphic statics drawings in eQ are created using GeoGebra, which is an open source geometry and algebra tool with a dynamic, graphical user interface. In GeoGebra, graphic statics constructions can be created using simple geometric primitives like points, segments, lines and circles and the same techniques used on paper with pencil, ruler, and compass. Afterwards, the drawings can be exported to an applet and embedded in a web page. Both in GeoGebra and in the applets, the objects comprising the construction can be dynamically changed, allowing the relation between form and forces to be explored interactively with real-time, intuitive, and visual feedback.

? Design-oriented: The combination of graphic statics and GeoGebra provides an engaging and approachable way to illustrate and explain the behaviour of structures. It allows users to quickly start making their own drawings for their structural analyses and design explorations from the very beginning of their structural education.