- Form-finding of tension-loaded membrane and cable structures
- Compression form-finding of member-shaped supporting structures
- Form search taking into account the entire system with subsequent design
- High quality form-finding by using the iterative URS method
- Pneumatic prestress by means of gas pressure loads
- Use of an ideal gas in a membrane
- Geometric and force-based form-finding specifications for member components
- Isotropic and orthotropic surface prestress
- Stabilized form-finding for conical shapes with tangential and radial prestress
- Organization of all form-finding specifications in one load case
- Application for isotropic and orthotropic materials with distinct warp and weft direction
- Consideration of nonlinear material laws by means of the "Nonlinear Material Behavior" add-on
- Staggered form-finding processes and temporary model supports by means of the "Construction Stages Analysis (CSA)" add-on
- Output of a universally applicable form-found initial state with impressed strains
- Graphical form evaluation by means of colored coordinate and inclination plots
- Automatic assignment of the initial state by load combination wizards
- Display of all results on the initial and deformed shape as well as the incremental results on the respective deformed element geometry
Form-Finding | Features
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