Citations

When an answer uses a norm rule or verification formula, it names its reference. That reference is the difference between a number you can check and a number you have to trust.

What it means

The cited reference is what the answer relies on. That is the whole claim, and it is worth being precise about the three things it does not mean:

• It is not a reproduction of the clause. It shows what the answer is based on.
• It does not say the clause is the governing one for your member. That stays your call, and Mia says so when the case is ambiguous.
• It does not replace reading the standard. Treat it as a pointer into a document you have access to.

Example: an answer names a clause on shear resistance as the reference for a value. Whether shear governs your beam at all is a different question, and one you answer.

Formulas in a verification

Mia shows verification formulas with substituted values, calculation steps and results, also in reports and exports. A citation alone does not establish that the edition, national annex and formula apply to your case. A value without supporting evidence stays unresolved.

Where a citation can come from

These sources, and an answer says which one a passage came from:

• the Dlubal knowledge base
• your company knowledge, if your team has uploaded documents
• verified Dlubal facts: short statements approved by Dlubal engineers, such as what an abbreviation means in RFEM. The citation is the source the fact names.

Company knowledge is filtered by your team on the server. The model cannot ask for another team's documents, and there is no wording that widens it: the boundary is structural, not a setting.

Standard part and applicability

A matching title or a high relevance score does not verify a coefficient. Check the reference, edition, national annex and applicability. If reliable evidence is missing, the coefficient and any final values that depend on it remain unresolved.

When nothing is found

When a claim cannot be reliably supported, Mia states that uncertainty. Missing evidence is not replaced with an invented coefficient. The required standard editions and national annexes must be established for the project.

Example: you ask for a coefficient from a specific edition of a standard and Mia finds no support for it. She tells you so, instead of giving you a value from another edition presented as if it were the one you asked for.

What a search costs

Knowledge lookups are covered by the chat price and do not add a separate credit charge. If your question needs another tool, that tool is billed separately.

Where to go next

• Knowledge sources for uploading your own documents.
• Limitations for what to check before signing.