The video shows the automatic generation of snow loads using the load generator in RFEM. As an example, the snow load is determined for a three-dimensional steel hall according to Eurocode.
T&T 007 | Loads - Generate Snow Loads
Snow loads can be generated as member loads on flat/monopitch roofs and duopitch roofs.
Additional snow loads such as drifted snow loads, snow overhangs, and snow guards can be taken into account as well.
The following standards are available:
- EN 1991-1-3 (incl. National Annexes)
- DIN 1055-5
- CTE DB-SE-AE
- ASCE/SEI 7-16
There are load generators available for beam structures, creating snow loads according to ASCE/SEI 7-10. The load cases are generated depending on the roof shape. Another generator creates coating loads (ice). You can save recurring load combinations as templates.
Shear walls and deep beams of a building model are available as independent objects in the design add-ons. This allows for faster filtering of the objects in results, as well as better documentation in the printout report.
The building story generator in the Building Model add-on allows you to automatically create building stories, depending on the topology of the model.