RFEM and RSTAB provide a wide range of selection options. Some of the previous posts have already described selection using "Special Selection" or tables.
When modeling structural systems or loads, input errors or faulty objects may occur due to subsequent modifications, displacements, and adjustments in the model.
The updated Results Navigator of RF‑JOINTS allows you to display the results of different module cases simultaneously. Thus, you can display all column base designs at the same time in order to perform collision checks of the foundations, for example.
The geometry data of an RFEM model are currently managed in 29 tables, so not all of the tabs are displayed at once. To open a particular table, we recommend using the navigation menu that you can open by right-clicking on any tab. A shortcut menu appears, where you can quickly access the desired input table.
RFEM provides the option to display up to three result values of the surface results in each group. Four groups are preset under "Groups" in the Results Navigator.
You can color the surfaces in the direction of the local z‑axis using the indicated option in the Display Navigator. By default, the side lying in the negative z-direction is colored red and the side lying in the positive z-direction is colored blue.
Generally, RFEM automatically detects all objects lying on a surface that are not used for surface definition. Objects integrated into surfaces can be selected using the "Select Integrated Objects" option in the shortcut menu of the relevant surface in Project Navigator. This way, you can easily find in the graphics which objects have already been integrated into a surface, for example.
You can display spring members in the Display Navigator. A spring member is displayed as a helix by default. Clear the "Spring Members" check box to display them as normal lines.
RFEM and RSTAB are programs where graphical input prevails. All data can be entered using dialog boxes, and the structure of the Project Navigator is optimized for input using the mouse. Nevertheless, you can always speed up the tabular input to reach your goal immediately.