By putting the Simulator on the Internet has several benefits. These will be discussed later in the dissertation. The Simulator is built to show the user the sequential activities of steel fabrication processes. In brief, the Simulator provides the user with an approximation of time needed for fabricating the steel structures and idle time of machines. The Simulator can also account for any limitations, such as size of holding bays and availability of machine operators or quality inspector.
Information technology is a new development in twentieth century.
It plays a very important role in current environment. This importance will increase when the Internet becomes publically accessible. Hence, the importance of a simulation model as a tool to aid the structural engineer in the design office or process manager in fabrication shop. Related to the above is the CIMsteel Project , which is currently been conducted at Leeds University, UK, which will also be discussed. The above review of the research conducted, clearly identifies that, no work has been done concerning the construction of a simulation model, which models the entire steel fabrication processes for any type of steel section.