An interactive, hands-on resource CD for anyone dealing with structures, strength of materials, and structural designs! This easy-to-use CD-ROM helps users visualize the components of standard structures, and read and interpret civil engineering construction drawings. Two-dimensional drawings (plans, elevations, sections, etc.) and text are enhanced by sketches, solid models, photographs, and animations of actual buildings and structural components. It provides a visual database of structural engineering information brought to life using 2-D and 3-D sketches, CAD drawings, photographs, and animation.