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truss/frame FEA freeware or shareware wtd. in 2004

truss/frame FEA freeware or shareware wtd. in 2004

truss/frame FEA freeware or shareware wtd. in 2004

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There is a 5 yr. old thread on this but most sites are dead.
What do you recommend in 2004?  

RE: truss/frame FEA freeware or shareware wtd. in 2004

Enercalc offers Fastframe free. I have a copy but I never used it. It appears to be a nice program. I use STAAD Pro or ETABS V 8.0 for all of my analysis and design needs and complex trusses. This software is two dimensional only. Virtually all wind frames can be modeled as 2-D.

http://www.enercalc.com/products/fastframe.asp

Good luck

RE: truss/frame FEA freeware or shareware wtd. in 2004

I ike Risa-2D for simple "wind" frames.  (www.risatech.com)


RAM International Advanse is good also. (www.ramint.com)

RE: truss/frame FEA freeware or shareware wtd. in 2004

   FElt is a Free Software finite element program which comes with source code.  I am not a PEng structural engineer, so I cannot vouch for its accuracy.  

   http://felt.sourceforge.net/

   FEA seems to me to be a good argument for Free Software (http://www.gnu.org).  You should not be treating this application as a black box.

                        JHG

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