a tutorial

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Permalink Reply by Vadim Shapiro on August 17, 2010 at 10:09pm

No tutorial yet. But there is a "Getting started" page under FAQ tab, and there is a video on the main page showing basic operation of the solver. We will be posting more videos shortly.

Which aspects do you think require additional explanation?
-Vadim

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Permalink Reply by robert hare on August 17, 2010 at 10:35pm

just looking at how to use loads , for example how to indicate point loads and uniform loads.
rob

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Permalink Reply by Harald Wolf on August 29, 2010 at 8:27am

Hi Igor,

agreeing to Robert "how to use loads" I would appreciate to see a simple example (on the same solid) showing the 3 kinds of loads.

Using the pressure on faces I get a window where I can set the load. The unit there indicated is "Ba".
Do you really mean Ba = "Barye" or was intended Pa = "Pascal" ?

Thanks for explanation
Harald

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Permalink Reply by Michael Freytag on August 29, 2010 at 1:58pm

Harald,
The units you see are "Barye" if you are modeling in centimeters in Rhino. The units in Scan&Solve are chosen based on the length units in use in Rhino as follows:

If unsupported (by Scan&Solve) length units are in use in Rhino, the default analysis unit system is MKS.

I'll work up a short document on loads and units and stick it under FAQ.

~Michael

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Permalink Reply by Michael Freytag on September 3, 2010 at 5:39pm

Hi Harald,
I've posted a short document showing how units for analysis are determined. The document also shows the different types of loads and a brief description of each. You can find it under FAQ>Units & Loads or through this link.

Best regards,
Michael

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