If there is a membrane in the structure you will need to generate the triangular elements that represent it. If we forget these elements the program believes that we are analyzing a wire mesh and can neither calculate snow, nor wind, nor pressure, etc. Moreover, we will not be able create patterns later. To generate the elements, we will use the menu Elements | Automatic generation. This process can be a little …Read More

The WinTess3 works with objects. There are several types of objects, each one of them has its own properties. Some of them are used continuously, while others are only used in some state or phase of the program. Objects that are used at any time: Nodes: A point in space. Bars: A line in space that goes from one node to another node. Elements: A triangle in space of which vertices are nodes. …Read More