- Run RWIND Simulation "As Administrator". To do this, right-click the RWIND Simulation icon and select "Run As Administrator".
- Select the "RWIND Simulation - License and Authorization" function in the "Help" menu.
This opens the "RWIND Simulation 1.xx Authorization Status" dialog box. - Check in the "RWIND Simulation 1.xx Authorization Status" dialog box to see if an active software key authorization is available. This is the case if the "Software Key" option is selected in the "Authorization Method" section, and an active authorization is indicated by a green dot in the "Authorization Status" section.
If the check is negative, and a red dot is displayed, no RWIND Simulation license based on a software key is activated on the single-user computer. As a result, no license can also be deactivated.
If the requirements mentioned above have been met, click the "Deactivate via Email" button. The "Deactivation of RWIND Simulation" dialog box appears. - The "Deactivation of RWIND Simulation" dialog box explains the deactivation process.
Select the "Deactivate RWIND Simulation Now" function.
This opens the "RWIND Simulation 1.xx" dialog box. - In the "RWIND Simulation 1.xx" dialog box, click "Yes" to confirm the license deactivation.
After successful deactivation, you will receive a confirmation message. Now, you can only use the program in the demo mode.
The "Deactivation of RWIND Simulation" dialog box opens again. - The deactivation code is now displayed in the "Deactivation of RWIND Simulation" dialog box. Copy this text block to the Windows clipboard with the "Copy to Clipboard" function, then paste the code into a blank email using Ctrl+V or the Windows paste function. Send this email to [email protected] to complete the license deactivation.
With this code, we document proper deactivation in our system.
Offline Deactivation of RWIND Software Key
How can I deactivate an authorized RWIND Simulation license based on a software key on a single‑user computer offline via email?
Do you have individual column sections and angled wall geometries, and need punching shear design for them?
No problem. In RFEM 6, you can perform punching shear design not only for rectangular and circular sections, but for any cross-section shape.
For a response spectrum analysis of building models, you can display the sensitivity coefficients for the horizontal directions by story.
These key figures allow you to interpret the sensitivity to stability effects.
The modal relevance factor (MRF) can help you to assess to which extent specific elements participate in a specific mode shape. The calculation is based on the relative elastic deformation energy of each individual member.
The MRF can be used to distinguish between local and global mode shapes. If multiple individual members show significant MRF (for example, > 20%), the instability of the entire structure or a substructure is very likely. On the other hand, if the sum of all MRFs for an eigenmode is around 100%, a local stability phenomenon (for example, buckling of a single bar) can be expected.
Furthermore, the MRF can be used to determine critical loads and equivalent buckling lengths of certain members (for example, for stability design). Mode shapes for which a specific member has small MRF values (for example, < 20%) can be neglected in this context.
The MRF is displayed by mode shape in the result table under Stability Analysis → Results by Members → Effective Lengths and Critical Loads.
You can use the "Plate Cut" component to cut plates (for example, gusset plates, fin plates, and so on). There are various cutting methods available:
- Plane: The cut is performed on the closest surface to the reference plate.
- Surface: Only the intersecting parts of plates are cut.
- Bounding Box: The outermost dimension consisting of width and height is cut out of the plate as a rectangle.
- Convex Envelope: The outer hull of the cross-section is used for the plate cut. If there are fillets at the corner nodes of the cross-section, the cut is adapted to them.