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RFEM - FEM Structural Analysis Software
RFEM - Powerful, Easy, and Intuitive
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First Steps with RFEM
RFEM is a powerful 3D FEA program helping structural engineers meet requirements in modern civil engineering. Efficient data input and intuitive handling facilitate modeling of simple and large structures.
The structural analysis program RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. The main program RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells and members. The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.
RFEM provides deformations, internal forces, stresses, support forces, and soil contact stresses. The corresponding add-on modules facilitate data input by automatic generation of structures and connections or can be used to perform further analyses and designs according to various standards.
The modular software concept allows you to compile a program package tailored to your individual needs. It is possible to upgrade the program at any time.
BIM Engineering
Due to a wide range of interfaces, RFEM provides perfect interaction between CAD and structural analysis programs in Building Information Modeling (BIM). Thus, the bidirectional data exchange between RFEM and the programs Tekla Structures, Autodesk Revit and Bentley ISM is possible, for example.
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Enjoying Structural Analyses
“Great praise again, I really enjoy my structural analyses with RFEM. Your advertising slogan is actually true.”
Heiko Bessel
7 March 2016
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Advantages of Spatial FEA Model
"'The spatial FEA model offered very good options to analyze and design the load-bearing behaviour of a special complex structure in a verifiable way. Due to the extremely high safety requirements concerning the most famous landmark of Germany, the Brandenburg Gate, it was necessary to mount the support structure in two stages. The specific mounting situations could be modelled very well in RFEM.'"
Project: Column Substitution for Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sando
22 October 2013
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- How can I import an IFC model into the RWIND Simulation environment?
- After opening a duopitch roof beam from RX‑TIMBER in RFEM/RSTAB, it is displayed with a gap in the apex zone. Does this affect the calculation?
- How can I additionally model welds for the connection of two surfaces with a contact solid?
- Is it possible to display the results of shear forces on a member in the horizontal plane?
- RFEM cannot be started. What could be the reason for this?
- I would like to analyze cable and tensile structures. Is it possible to use RFEM or RSTAB for this?
- Which add-on modules and programs do I need for laminate and sandwich structures as well as cross-laminated timber (CLT)?
- Are the Dlubal Software programs suitable for the analysis and design of hydraulic steel structures?
- When calculating a membrane, the resulting deformation of the load case LC1 and the combination CO1 differs, although the combination CO1 only contains CO1 with the factor of 1.00. What is the reason for this?
- How can I enter a member elastic foundation that only acts in one direction?
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Design of rigid bolted frame joints according to Eurocode 3 or DIN 18800
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Deflection analysis and stress design of laminate and sandwich surfaces
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