Real3D-Analysis New
is a powerful frame-finite element analysis and design program built from ground up, with latest technologies from the fields of finite element analysis, numerical computation and computer graphics. It brings accuracy, reliability, and ease of use to average structural engineers to perform static analysis, dynamic analysis and concrete design of general truss, frame, plate and shell structures. It features unique 128-bit floating point solver, multiple document interface, spreadsheet input and output, easy command line input as well as compelling graphics built upon industry standard OpenGL(R).
Elements
- 2D and 3D frame (beam and truss) elements
- 2D and 3D four-node plate/shell element, with thick or thin plate bending element (for slab modeling) and compatible/incompatible in-plane stress element (for shear wall modeling)
- 3D eight-node solid (brick) element with compatible and incompatible formulations
- Linear, compression-only, tension-only nodal, line and surface spring elements
- Moment releases on frame element
- Forced displacements on supports
- Nodal, point forces and moments, line and surface forces, self weight, area loads, pattern loads and moving loads
Analysis and Design Options
- Static linear analysis
- Geometric nonlinear (P-Delta) analysis
- Frequency analysis
- Standard 64-bit (very fast) solver and unique 128-bit floating point solver (extremely accurate)
- Concrete design for beams, columns and slabs according to ACI 318-2005, -2002. It includes such as features as exact biaxial column interaction diagrams, automatic moment magnification, cracked section properties, Wood-Armer moments, color coded plots for member capacity and reinforcement contour plots for plates
User Interface Features
- Multiple documents may be opened at the same time; each document may have multiple views with different display settings
- Spreadsheets for input data and results
- Graphically drawing nodes, frames and finite elements via mouse click or keyboard in command window
- Quality 3D graphical rendering built on OpenGL(R) with hidden line or surface removal. Graphics display includes loading diagram, moment and shear diagrams for beams, contours for shells and solids, deflection diagram and annotations for input and results
- Powerful automatic model generations for continuous beams, 2D and 3D frames, 2D and 3D shells, arc beams and non-prismatic beams. Include AISC steel shape database, ASTM rebar database, regular sections and standard load combinations
- Flexible editing features such as undo/redo, duplicate, move, scale, delete, revolve, extrude, splitting beams, sub-mesh shells, node and element merging
- Many different selection methods such as window/point select, select by IDs, select by properties etc, with options to freeze or thaw parts of a model. Ability to pan, zoom and rotate in real time
- Text and graphic report in html format. Graphic report may contain multiple images. Text report may be saved in plain text format
- Print previews for graphics and text reports
- Importing from and exporting to DXF files
- English or Metric units or mixture of the two
- True 32-bit, fully integrated Windows application written from ground up entirely (graphical user interface and solver) in standardized, object-oriented C++ programming language, resulting in a truly robust software for engineering community
System Requirements
- Computer CPU: Intel Pentium based; 450 MHz or faster is recommended
- Memory (RAM): Minimum 64 MB; 128 MB or more is recommended
- Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP and Vista
- Video Card: Minimum 4MB, OpenGL(R) hardware acceleration essential. Most of the graphics cards sold these days support OpenGL(R) acceleration
Program Capacities
Real3D-Analysis uses dynamic memory allocation technique which does not require preset program capacity. However, in order to make the program more affordable and to meet different needs, we offer Real3D-Analysis in different versions as indicated in the following table
| Professional | Small Business | Educational[2] | Evaluation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nodes | No limit [1] | 1500 | No limit | 16 |
| Frames | No limit | 1500 | No limit | No limit |
| Shells | No limit | 1500 | No limit | No limit |
| Bricks | No limit | 1 | No limit | No limit |
| Load Cases | No limit | 50 | No limit | No limit |
| Load Combinations | No limit | 50 | 3 | 3 |
| 128-bit Solver | Available | Not Available | Available | Available |
| Concrete Design | Available | Available | Not Available | Not Available |
| Commericial Uses | Yes | Yes | No | No |
[1]. "No limit" refers to no practical limit. For example, the actual limit for the number of nodes in the program is 2^31 - 1 = 2,147,483,647. However, your computer probably will run out of memory long before it reaches this limit
[2]. Educational version is only available to faculty members in universities in the United States