Product Features

This function provides you with the option to adopt reaction forces from other models as nodal and line loads.

The option not only transfers the reaction load as an action, but digitally couples the support load of the original model with the load size of the target object. The subsequent changes in the original model are automatically adopted in the target model.

This technology supports the concept of positional statics and allows you to digitally connect the individual positions of the same Dlubal Center project.

Do you work with timber? We have a new feature for you! For timber surfaces with the "Constant" thickness type, the crack factor k_cr and thus the negative influence of cracks on the shear capacity is taken into account.

Are you often busy manually defining the cross-laminated timber structures? Then we have good news for you! We have implemented a library from which you can import the manufacturer's superstructures. In addition to the layer thicknesses and materials, there is also the information about stiffness reductions and the narrow side bonding. More superstructures will be added in the library soon, so you can sit back and relax.

Here, the weld design becomes child's play. Using the specially developed material model "Orthotropic | Plastic | Weld (Surfaces)", you can calculate all stress components plastically. The stress τ_{perpendicular} is also considered plastically.

Using this material model you can design welds closer to reality and more efficiently.

The new steel sections according to the latest CISC Handbook (12th edition) are available in RFEM 6. The sections are listed in the Standardized library. In the filter, select “Canada” for the region and “CISC 12” for the standard. Alternatively, the section name can be directly entered in the search box located at the bottom of the dialog box.

Using the Connecting Plate component, you can automatically create a new gusset plate in the Steel Joints add-on. This saves you separate components, and the other elements, such as a cap plate and a slide plate, are thus automatically taken into account with their dimensions.

Would you like to display nodal loads or load components that act on one point next to each other? Then use the "Shifted Display" option. This allows you to define offsets in the x, y, and z directions, as well as the size and spacing.

To determine the shear resistance of bolts, you can use the Steel Joints add-on to specify whether there is a shaft or a thread in the shear plane.

If a weld seam connects two plates with different materials, it is possible to select from a combo box in the Steel Joints add-on which one of both materials should be used for the weld seam.

Do you work with timber a lot? In the Timber Design add-on for RFEM, you can design members as well as surfaces according to the Eurocode, such as cross-laminated timber, glued-laminated timber, softwood, engineered wood, and so on.