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Structure modelling

  • 3D Views
    3D view management
    structural editor forces moments user connections Wireframe shaded with lines hidden position view perspective playstructure isometric
  • Modelling in 3D
    How to insert and edit items directly in 3D
    3d delete height elevation move modify vertical snap insert beam column on/off on-off
  • Inserting a DXF/DWG
    Importing a DXF/DWG drawing
    scale factor move block movement 3D visibility 3D CAD autocad insert area plan load import
  • Adding objects to the DXF/DWG CAD Drawing
    How to insert the various structural objects using the dxf/dwg CAD drawing in Floor Plan view. The automatic object recognitions tools.
    opening wall column beam wand create generate
  • Importing IFC files
    How to insert files in the IFC format
    Industry Foundation Classes import load import news031nl
  • Exporting the file in the IFC format.
    How to export the EdiLus model in the IFC format.
    Industry Foundation Classes Coordination View CV Surface Geometry export other software news031nl
  • the IFC properties
    How to update the IFC object, modify the colours, transparency levels, entity visibility. Viewing the IFC object characteristics.
    Industry Foundation Classes Coordination View CV Surface Geometry levels floor visible editor stairs characteristics propertioes object news031nl
  • Using 2D drawing grids
    Drawing structural entities using the rectangular and radial grids
    rows column connect insert
  • Defining the structure's floor levels
    How to define number of storeys, elevations and heights
    floor deck plan management add delete height floors levels management adding
  • Roof with pitched slopes
    How to model a roof with pitched slopes
    3d show move tilt shift height elevation attic rafter roof Column slab ridge beam
  • How to insert an edge or ring beam
    Drawing a non-structural element to delimit an area in which to insert a slab or a floor slab in plan view
    closing out of calculation perimeter boundary dummy delimitation
  • Inserting elements with generic materials
    Modelling structural elements using generic materials (beams, columns, slabs, walls) and exporting calculated stresses
    combined section alluminium timber steel stainless inox CSV
  • Inserting openings
    creating openings in shell elements (slabs, walls, foundation slabs, walls)
    hole punching door rectangular trapezium free circle arc width height radius oval
  • How to insert the Zero Seismic plane
    Canceling the seismic masses of a part of the structure
    against the ground with the ground floor against exclusion excited excitement exclude 85% less inadequate allocation seismic shear action
  • Viewing the structural model (FEM)
    Viewing a schematizing the structure with finite element method and node numbering
    view F.E.M. nodes ashlars rods connecting rigid stiff sub sub nodes modelling rods beams shell print print numbering identifier ID
  • How to apply external restraints
    Assigning external restraints to nodes
    suppress stop avoid degree of freedom hinge restraint carriage supported winkler user custom spring boundary elastic stiff assigned displacement rotation constrain
  • Assigning internal restraints
    Modifying the internal restraints between members
    suppress stop avoid degree of freedom hinge restraint carriage supported winkler user custom spring boundary elastic stiff assigned displacement rotation percentage local axis reference system beam column DISCONNECT separate separate constrain
  • Modifying the wall heights and profiles
    Modelling a Wall profile
    gable wall trapezium upper bottom arc shape cover roof incline delete shed triangle triangular wall brest
  • The 3D magnetic grids
    Inserting and editing 3D grids
    standard pyramidal conical cylindrical spherical trellis truss add divide length move recognition generation automatic object magnetic wand delete add merge
  • Creating Complex grids
    Composing complex schemes using different types of 3D Magnetic Grids
    standard pyramidal conical cylindrical spherical trellis add divide length move recognition generation automatic object wand move slide
  • Inserting a Magnetic Grid from DWG/DXF
    How to generate a Magnetic Grid from a DXF/DWG CAD drawing
    automatic generation objects import load
  • 3D snaps and snap to grid
    How to use the 3D snap and snap to grid features in the 3D modelling environment
    form center border rotation CEHV
  • 3D input of timber rods using the Magnetic Grid
    Three-dimensional Modelling of Timber elements using the Magnetic Grids
    automatic generation objects beam column