Software
- Easy Complete engineering design of lightweight structures. Force equilibrant formfinding.
Geometrically non-linear load analysis. Cutting pattern generation.
Visualization. (Technet GmbH).
- Surface is a program that allows you to create your 3D tent membrane shape
and then works out the shape of the panels that must be cut out and joined
together to form that 3D shape. You can either create the shapes directly in the
program using the powerful features that allow you to modify the shape by
altering tensions within the membrane and it's supporting ridge, valley and edge
cables or if you have already developed the shape in other conventional CAD
systems you can make use of the extensive patterning and geodesic panel edge
finding features of Surface to create any panel arrangement that you want. (Surface Software).
- Patterner
is a powerful collection of tools for working with 3D surfaces. Patterner is
primarily for the design and manufacture of tents and fabric structures.
Powerful manipulation and drawing creation tools make it useful for anyone
building complex 3D forms from sheet materials. (Rudi Enos
Design).
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Surface
Evolver is an interactive program for the modelling of liquid surfaces
shaped by various forces and constraints. The program is available free of
charge. (Ken Brakke).
- ForTen is the first commercial
software specifically developed to calculate and model tensile and fabric
structures. Forten is both a geometrical and mathematical modeler that permits
to you to obtain the exact building shape, starting from free form 3D mesh,
joint conditions or stress conditions. (Europe Engineering Division).
- The
Tentnology CAE
program provides an easy-to-use solution for design and analysis of tension
structures. Operator can generate 3D models of a concept, then apply wind and
snow loads to view force, reaction and stress. When satisfied with the results,
the user can readily produce cutting patterns for manufacture. (Tentnology).
- Engineering Pte Ltd provides a suite of
programs for design (according to British standards)
and analysis of tension structures: WinCable
for cable and cablenet design and analysis and WinFabric
for tensioned membrane structures design and analysis.
- Formfinder is a
design software that is as easy to operate as a sheet of paper and a pencil.
The aim is to assist architects and project planners in the design, planning
and cost-effectiveness assessment for the implementation of form-active
structures.