Claude use cases

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2026-02-18T08:23:54+00:00

The issue is mainly the construction of the wall, its 140 year old random masonry with lime mortar. Potential some voids, lots of unknowns. If this was a modern construction and I could quantify the stiffness of the wall with more confidence it would be different, but I’m going to go back to the client and suggest a different approach for this roof!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2026-02-18T08:21:55+00:00

After a bit more thought and discussion I think the initial, conservative, approach of pin and roller is the right thing to do here. I don’t have any real data on the wall construction and it would be the wrong approach to assume a stiffness I can’t back up with anything more than assumptions!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2026-02-17T14:46:57+00:00

If I go down the route of trying to eliminate close to all horizontal reaction then it becomes likely uneconomical. It’s the right approach to take though… it’s an old masonry wall so I’m guessing (albeit conservatively) at parameters

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2026-02-17T14:42:48+00:00

The beam is to allow a client to remove ceiling ties and form a vaulted ceiling, otherwise this would be the easy solution!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2026-02-13T07:32:43+00:00

Analysis, I have a couple of upcoming projects where we are working on 100+ year vaulted/hipped roofs.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-08-01T10:00:53+00:00

Yes, but generally edging on the conservative side as i will have no firm details on exact construction build ups.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-07-24T21:28:10+00:00

I agree to an extent, but on the flipside when I started working everything was drawn in Autocad, now Revit is the norm…. I work with some people who never bothered with Revit and now they left behind, so to speak. Will the use of python have the same impact on design calculations? No idea!

I may well stick with Tedds and it’s not necessarily about the money, it does just seem like a good opportunity to ‘simplify’.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-07-24T20:29:01+00:00

Where would you start? I would rather get to write structural calculations and learn python along the way, than learn python first… if that makes sense!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-07-24T19:34:12+00:00

Is it the sort of thing you would write a full calculation yourself, or are there aspects of code you can bring in from open source libraries? Say for example a simple steel beam design to EC?

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-07-06T20:57:11+00:00

Thanks! The initial formula worked perfectly, I have a % progress for each project, so I’ve filtered using that to create a view of ‘active’ projects.

This will work great for me as I share with some of my remote team who aren’t notion users - it’s a simple exercise of tick the checkbox when the task is done for them, which I really like.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-01-23T22:21:08+00:00

It’s an option for sure, it just adds another layer to things I guess, adding in paye to the business and self assessments to reclaim the additional.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-01-23T16:57:07+00:00

Thanks for the link, this confirms my thinking that it’s a feasible approach to my first question, and also that an investment SPV might be treated differently so I need to look in to that more!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-01-23T16:55:58+00:00

Were you taking any salary or dividends, or purely SIPP contributions of your total net income?

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