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User-Defined Material

Can I also use a user-defined material in RF‑/PLATE‑BUCKLING?


Answer:

In RF-/PLATE-BUCKLING, you can also use user-defined materials. When creating the material in RFEM 5 or RSTAB 8, make sure that the material has the same properties as the steel materials permitted in the standard selected in RF‑/PLATE‑BUCKLING. To do this, select the material of the relevant standard series in the material library and open the "Create New Material" dialog box using the button. There, you can adjust the specified values (Image 01).

Furthermore, you can set a design according to the standard EN 1993‑1‑5 or DIN for the standard group as filters (Image 02) as Metal for the material category group, Steel for the material category, and EN for the standard group for design according to DIN 18800.

However, you can also create the material in the RF‑/PLATE‑BUCKLING add-on module or stand-alone program. The filters 'Material category group', 'Material category', as well as the 'Standard group' filters are preset in the "Import Material from Library" dialog box in compliance with the selected standard. When creating a user-defined material, you can leave these filters as they are.


Author

Ms. von Bloh provides technical support for our customers and is responsible for the development of the SHAPE‑THIN program as well as steel and aluminum structures.