- 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, the activation period for a license cannot be extended.
If the requirements mentioned above have been met, click the "Extend Activation Online" button. The "Extend Activation Online" dialog box appears. - The "Extend Activation Online" dialog box shows the license specification to be extended.
Enter your online activation key based on your contract documents and define the new activation period in the date field.
Then, click the "Extend Activation Now" function to run the online extension.
This opens the "RWIND Simulation 1.xx" dialog box. - In the "RWIND Simulation 1.xx" dialog with the confirmation prompt about the planned modification, click "OK" to finally change the activation period.
Upon successfully changing the activation period, you will receive a confirmation message and can use the program without restrictions.
Extending RWIND Software Key Activation Period Online Before Expiration
How can I extend an active license of RWIND Simulation based on a software key online before the activation period expires?
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- Hardware Key Authorization
- Online Activation of Software Key Authorization
- Offline Activation of Software Key Authorization
- Online Deactivation of Software Key Authorization
- Offline Deactivation of Software Key Authorization
- Activation of Trial Authorization
- Reactivation of Trial Version Authorization
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.