Once we have completed the creation of the mesh, we are in the main program screen WinTess3. At this point we need to look at a very important aspect: What about the menu Calculate | Form finding (automatic)? If it is marked with the symbol â, it means automatic Form finding is enabled when you modify any data…
When you create a membrane structure with the program WinTess3, we always simulate the membrane through a mesh. The mesh is formed by a set of segments joined by their ends forming a frame more or less regular. The program supports triangular or quadrangular frames (squares, rectangles, diamonds, trapezoids, etc.). The user, using the appropriate menus,…
In search of shape; aesthetic and resistant Form finding of a tensile structure is one of the basic tasks in the design of tensile structures, those made of membranes, cables, etc. Form finding is a process to find a form for a structure which is capable of withstanding the significant load cases under certain restrictions…
Searching form (âform-findingâ) of a tensostructure is one of the basic tasks in the design of tensile structures: those made with membranes, cables, belts, etc. Ensuring that the whole structure is in tension is not something immediate since we can easily meet with warped surfaces, wrinkles even at rest under the load of self weight.…
In the article called Offset (exterior) we have seen how we can create fictitious bars (external lines) to simulate the connecting elements (shackles, turnbuckles, ⊠) and absorb the bulk of the tubes or other structural elements. To do this we get new points that are located outside of the membrane, that is to say,…
When we are looking for a form of a membrane we work with a certain geometry: vertices, cusps, straight edges, arcs, etc. This geometry is determined by a series of points with their coordinates X,Y, Z. Once we have found a form we are interested in, we pass to analysis or patterning. To do that…
(Version >= 3.91) If we want to generate a membrane structure like the one shown in the picture below we can do so through the union (mixture) of different simple elements. This is generated, through File menu | New | 2 arches, as a module with 8 meters wide (opening of the arch) and 5…
