NextFEM-Link for Grasshopper now available—a new (free) tool for structural analysis

NextFEM Designer is a free tool for structural analysis for Windows that supports different solvers, such as OOFEM, OpenSees, and CalculiX, and can handle models from more than 20 formats.

Now, you can use it with Rhino 8 and Grasshopper with the brand-new NextFEM-Link for Grasshopper, which brings some components to export the Rhino model to NextFEM Designer and a .NXF (NextFEM format) file. In addition, some query tools are available to use quantities in the model, such as nodal coordinates and element connectivity.

You can use Rhino 8 to model complex geometries and NextFEM-Link to translate them automatically into a NextFEM model, which can be seamlessly analyzed in the solver you prefer or even exported to other proprietary formats.

In its first release, NextFEM-Link translates curves and meshed entities to linear and planar finite elements. Instructions on its use are available.

Finally, NextFEM always listens to the needs of its users; feel free to request new functionalities using this form.

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Rhino User Webinar: Next-level Workflows for Structural Engineers with Grasshopper and FEM-Design

Rhino User Webinar

Next-level Workflows for Structural Engineers with Grasshopper and FEM-Design

20 March 2024 at 4:00 pm (CET)

In this webinar, Strusoft will present their Grasshopper plugin for the structural engineering software FEM-Design. There will be an overview of the functionality, as well as user examples and a step-by-step demo.

Get a free FEM-Design trial version here.

Download the FEM-Design Grasshopper package through the Rhino package manager or from food4Rhino.

About the speakers:

• Johanna Riad works with user workflows in the Strusoft structural design software. She has a background in structural engineering, working primarily with tall buildings and large projects. She is a great Grasshopper fan, especially because of the software's flexibility. In her free time, she likes knitting and running.
  
  
• Marco Pellegrino is the product owner of the FEM-Design API and works on the development of both the Grasshopper and C# solutions. He has a background in structural engineering and worked for several years in the UK. He currently lives in Florence and enjoys traveling and drinking wine.
  
  
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