- 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
RF-FORM-FINDING | Features
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