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2016-11-20

RF-FORM-FINDING | Features

  • Form-finding of:
    • tension-loaded membrane and cable structures
    • compression-loaded shell and beam structures
    • mixed tension- and compression-loaded structures
  • Consideration of gas chambers between surfaces
  • Interaction with supporting structure (substructure design according to various standards)
  • Surfaces as a 2D and members as a 1D element
  • Definition of different prestress conditions for surfaces (membranes and shells)
  • Definition of forces or geometrical requirements for members (cables and beams)
  • Consideration of individual loads (self‑weight, inner pressure, and so on) in the form‑finding process
  • Temporary support definitions for the form-finding process
  • Automatic preliminary form-finding of membrane surfaces (more information...)
  • Definition of isotropic or orthotropic material for structural analysis
  • Optional definition of free polygon loads
  • Transformation of form‑found shape elements into NURBS surface elements
  • Possibility of combined form-finding by integration of preliminary form-finding
  • Graphical evaluation of the new form using colored coordinates and inclination plots
  • Complete documentation of the calculation including user-defined adaptive evaluation figures
  • Optional export of the FE mesh as a DXF or Excel file