FE Mesh
To open the dialog box for setting and checking FE mesh parameters, select the menu option
- Calculate → FE Mesh Settings.
This dialog box consists of three tabs.
4 Model Data
- 4.1 Nodes
- 4.2 Lines
- 4.3 Materials
- 4.4 Surfaces
- 4.5 Solids
- 4.6 Openings
- 4.7 Nodal Supports
- 4.8 Line Supports
- 4.9 Surface Supports
- 4.10 Line Hinges
- 4.11 Variable Thicknesses
- 4.12 Orthotropic Surfaces and Membranes
- 4.13 Cross-Sections
- 4.14 Member Hinges
- 4.15 Member Eccentricities
- 4.16 Member Divisions
- 4.17 Members
- 4.18 Ribs
- 4.19 Member Elastic Foundations
- 4.20 Member Nonlinearities
- 4.21 Sets of Members
- 4.22 Intersections
- 4.23 FE Mesh Refinements
- 4.24 Nodal Releases
- 4.25 Line Release Types
- 4.26 Line Releases
- 4.27 Surface Release Types
- 4.28 Surface Releases
- 4.29 Connection of Two Members
- 4.30 Joints
- 4.31 Nodal Constraints
6 Loads
- 6.1 Nodal Loads
- 6.2 Member Loads
- 6.3 Line Loads
- 6.4 Surface Loads
- 6.5 Solid Loads
- 6.6 Free Concentrated Loads
- 6.7 Free Line Loads
- 6.8 Free Rectangular Loads
- 6.9 Free Circular Loads
- 6.10 Free Polygon Loads
- 6.11 Free Variable Loads
- 6.12 Imposed Nodal Deformations
- 6.13 Imposed Line Displacements
- 6.14 Imperfections
- 6.15 Generated Loads
8 Results
- 8.1 Nodes - Support Forces
- 8.2 Nodes - Deformations
- 8.3 Lines - Support Forces
- 8.4 Members - Local Deformations
- 8.5 Members - Global Deformations
- 8.6 Members - Internal Forces
- 8.7 Members - Contact Forces
- 8.8 Members - Strains
- 8.9 Members - Coefficients for Buckling
- 8.10 Member Slendernesses
- 8.11 Sets of Members - Internal Forces
- 8.12 Cross-Sections - Internal Forces
- 8.13 Surfaces - Local Deformations
- 8.14 Surfaces - Global Deformations
- 8.15 Surfaces - Basic Internal Forces
- 8.16 Surfaces - Principal Internal Forces
- 8.17 Surfaces - Design Internal Forces
- 8.18 Surfaces - Basic Stresses
- 8.19 Surfaces - Principal Stresses
- 8.20 Surfaces - Other Stresses
- 8.21 Surfaces - Contact Stresses
- 8.22 Surfaces - Equivalent Stresses - von Mises
- 8.23 Surfaces - Equivalent Stresses - Tresca
- 8.24 Surfaces - Equivalent Stresses - Rankine
- 8.25 Surfaces - Equivalent Stresses - Bach
- 8.26 Surfaces - Basic Strains
- 8.27 Surfaces - Principal Strains
- 8.28 Surfaces - Maximum Strains
- 8.29 Surfaces - Strains - von Mises
- 8.30 Surfaces - Strains - Tresca
- 8.31 Surfaces - Strains - Rankine
- 8.32 Surfaces - Strains - Bach
- 8.33 Solids - Deformations
- 8.34 Solids - Stresses
- 8.35 Solids - Strains
- 8.36 Solids - Gas Pressure
10 Printout
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10.1 Printout Report
- 10.1.1 Creating or Opening Printout Reports
- 10.1.2 Working in the Printout Report
- 10.1.4 Adjusting Printout Report Headers
- 10.1.5 Inserting RFEM Graphics
- 10.1.6 Inserting Graphics and Texts
- 10.1.7 Printout Report Template
- 10.1.8 Adjusting Layouts
- 10.1.9 Creating Cover Sheets
- 10.1.10 Printing a Printout Report
- 10.1.11 Exporting a Printout Report
- 10.1.12 Language Settings
11 Program Functions
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11.4 Editing Objects
- 11.4.1 Move and Copy
- 11.4.2 Rotate
- 11.4.3 Mirror
- 11.4.4 Project
- 11.4.5 Scale
- 11.4.6 Shear
- 11.4.7 Dividing Lines and Members
- 11.4.8 Connecting Lines and Members
- 11.4.9 Merging Lines and Members
- 11.4.10 Extending Lines and Members
- 11.4.11 Joining Members
- 11.4.12 Inserting Nodes
- 11.4.13 Inserting Members
- 11.4.14 Assigning Member Properties Graphically
- 11.4.15 Rounding Corners
- 11.4.16 Splitting Surfaces
- 11.4.17 Applying Tangents to Circles
- 11.4.18 Changing the Numbering
7.2.2 FE Mesh