Problems with the graphics in FEM-Design

I have some graphic problems when running FEM-Design. How can I solve it?

If you are experiencing some graphic related problems there are some things we advice to do:

• make sure you have the latest drivers for your graphic card, if not - update it, 
• if the latest driver does not help, switch to another graphic engine in FEM-Design (for instance from OpenGL to DirectX or oposite),
• if the last action did not help, switch to one of the safe modes: OpenGL - safe mode ot DirectX - safe mode, 
• if none of the actions helped, select to Disable all hardware acceleration.

Student license for FEM-Design

How to get a student license for FEM-Design?

In order to receive a free FEM-Design Educational license you have to first fill the form at our website. After registration you will receive an e-mail with the link to download the program and instruction of installation.

FEM-Design educational version information:

• It can only be used for educational purpose; any commercial use of this version is prohibited.
• It is a full right product without any limitation.
• It is compatible with "FD Student" versions, but is not compatible with the commercial FD versions' files.
• A watermark „Educational version” is displayed at background of printing page.

Wrong kind of material parameter when exporting from Revit to FEM-Design

I have a structural material assigned to an element but I cannot export it due to Lack of structural material assign to an element.

UPDATE: September 10th 2014
When using Revit StruXML Add-In in version 1.1.002, structural material for Beams, Columns, Isolated foundations can be both Instance and Type parameter.
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The reason user may receive the warning about a missing material, even though the element has a material assigned to it, is a wrong kind of Structural Material parameter. 

Structural material has to be an Instance parameter in case of:

• Beams,
• Columns,
• Isolated foundations,

and a Type parameter in case of:

• Floors,
• Walls,
• Wall foundations
• and Foundation Slabs. 

Errors when xporting elements from Revit to FEM-Design

Why some elements are not exported from Revit to FEM-Design?

There are two main reasons why some elements are not exported from Revit to FEM-Design:

• lack of structural material assigned to the element,
• analytical model is not enabled for the element.

If some elements are not exported, user will be notified about it along with the information of element type and reason why the export failed. In the export dialog user can see a list of all errors. To see the detailed report of exported / not exported elements, one can choose to see the Export Report. Both are shown in the example below:

Visibility of labels in FEM-Design

Why can't I see my reinforcement / thickness / material / section /loads / etc. labels in my FEM-Design model?

The visibility of the labels in FEM-Design is dependent on the current view mode applied to the model. Any kind of label can only be visible in the Wireframe mode.

Printing from documentation in FEM-Design

How to change the default printer in Documentation module in FEM-Design? 

Default printer is associated with the Section. If you wish to change the default printer, select the section --> go to Properties --> choose Printer setup... button --> Select the desired printer from the drop down list --> Ok.

Be aware that if you have more than one section in your documentation, you need to set the default printer for each section separately.

PRE-Stress 6.4

PRE-Stress 6.4 is now available in StruSoft Installer

• PRE-Stress now support fire design in terms of control according to EN1992-1-2 and EN1168.
• Re-worked the structure and added more information to the help file which allows for faster introduction into mastering PRE-Stress. Also added context help (F1) to the most essential dialog windows.
• The recently added 'overview report' now borrows enhanced graphical representation of slab perimeter and loads when executed from IMPACT Precast.

This version of PRE-Stress connects to IMPACT Precast 12.1.014 and 13.0.004 or later.
PRE-Stress 6.4 is now exclusive for Eurocode and requires a new license, make sure to update your license file. Read more about the new version on StruSoft's homepage