Form-Finding | Results
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The form-finding process outputs a structural model with active forces in the "prestress load case". This load case shows the displacement from the initial input position to the form-found geometry in the deformation results, as well as the state for maintaining the found form in the force or stress-based results (member and surface internal forces, solid stresses, gas pressures, etc.). For the analysis of the shape geometry, a two-dimensional contour line plot with output of the absolute height and an inclination plot for the visualization of the slope situation are offered.
For further calculation and structural analysis of the overall model, the program transfers the form-found geometry including the element-wise strains into a universally applicable initial state for use in the load cases and load combinations.
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RFEM 6 includes the Form-Finding add-on to determine the equilibrium shapes of surface models subjected to tension and members subjected to axial forces. Activate this add-on in the model's Base Data and use it to find the geometric position in which the prestress of lightweight structures is in equilibrium with the existing boundary conditions.
Compared to the RF-FORM-FINDING add-on module (RFEM 5), the following new features have been added to the Form-Finding add-on for RFEM 6:
- Specification of all form-finding load boundary conditions in one load case
- Storage of form-finding results as initial state for further model analysis
- Automatic assignment of the form-finding initial state via combination wizards to all load situations of a design situation
- Additionally form-finding geometry boundary conditions for members (unstressed length, maximum vertical sag, low-point vertical sag)
- Additional form-finding load boundary conditions for members (maximum force in member, minimum force in member, horizontal tension component, tension at i-end, tension at j-end, minimum tension at i-end, minimum tension at j-end)
- Material type "Fabric" and "Foil" in material library
- Parallel form-findings in one model
- Simulation of sequentially building form-finding states in connection with the Construction Stages Analysis (CSA) Add-On
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- Although I modeled two identical systems, I got a different shape. Why?
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- How is it possible to make factorized combinations of a dead load in the context of form‑finding?
- It seems that the members stay not deformed after my RF‑FORM‑FINDING calculation. What did I wrong?
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