Honestly, it's been four years since I used it. I don't remember if CADISI has a finite element analysis tool or not - I would just drop it into Solidworks if it didn't - but I doubt that you'll be asked to know enough structural engineering to be concerned about the technical details beyond the schematic design, unless you work for an engineering firm, in which case you wouldn't be using Rhino anyway. And, like I said, it's free!
its not the challenge of modelling thats in questions, its working with the parameters of the material, stresses, and method, their influence on the model, that interests people here, i do believe
but free is free. perhaps its still around.
Nice one. From the description on the website, it seems to have some serious capabilities. I've been looking for some ability to directly model fabrics in this fashion. It seems to approach the subject from a logical standpoint, net tensile, positive stress fields are the key to creating functional, rigid forms.
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New Tensile Fabric application: RhinoMembrane, FEA
they also have a very good description of the underlying program itself:
link
awesome. i heart rhino
did you check out the price? It's more expensive than Rhino itself…
David Rutten had a script for v3 that does something similar
It may not be as pretty, but you can do it for free with CADISI.
You can export to dxf and modify it from there. Here in AutoCAD:
what does it do that Sweep2 or Loft don"t...?
what concerns me is i see trimmed quads in your screen capture
FEA takes the materials properties into account and what the KIPS will do to the fabric at the stress points/tie downs.
oh thats actually pretty cool.
For that circus commission...
Honestly, it's been four years since I used it. I don't remember if CADISI has a finite element analysis tool or not - I would just drop it into Solidworks if it didn't - but I doubt that you'll be asked to know enough structural engineering to be concerned about the technical details beyond the schematic design, unless you work for an engineering firm, in which case you wouldn't be using Rhino anyway. And, like I said, it's free!
its not the challenge of modelling thats in questions, its working with the parameters of the material, stresses, and method, their influence on the model, that interests people here, i do believe
but free is free. perhaps its still around.
Actually, could be fun:
http://www.formfinder.at/main/downloads/#c173 (after entering some inocuous personal info)
Even has an "Analyse_in_Rhino4.pdf"
Take a look at the program. It is specifically a form finding tool for generating textile structures. It is not a tool for modeling the a priori.
Nice one. From the description on the website, it seems to have some serious capabilities. I've been looking for some ability to directly model fabrics in this fashion. It seems to approach the subject from a logical standpoint, net tensile, positive stress fields are the key to creating functional, rigid forms.
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