{"id":1506,"date":"2019-01-10T12:53:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T11:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/?page_id=1506"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:34:14","slug":"nextfem-designer-features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/nextfem-designer-features\/","title":{"rendered":"NextFEM Designer features"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%; border: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 15px; background-color: #e3e3e3;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%; border: none;\" rowspan=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo.png 240w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-96x96.png 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; border: none;\">\n<h2>NextFEM Designer<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; border: none;\">\n<h5>FEA MADE EASY<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>NextFEM Designer<\/em> is a user friendly Finite Element Analysis program, which can be used alone or to be a pre- or post- processor for several widely used FEM programs (i.e. OOFEM, SAP2000, Midas GEN, OpenSees, ABAQUS\/CalculiX, Zeus-NL, and others).<\/p>\n<p><em>NextFEM Designer<\/em> represents the future for FEA pre- and post-processing.<br \/>\nRead the list of its capabilities!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_desk_small2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_desk_small2.png 877w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_desk_small2-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_desk_small2-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_desk_small2-600x312.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>List of main features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>general pre-processor capabilities: 3D and 2D views, customizable colours, accelerated rendering with <em>DirectX<\/em> technology;<\/li>\n<li>modelling with the most common structural elements, such as beams, shells and solid elements of first and second order;<\/li>\n<li>all kind of static and dynamic, linear and non-linear analyses, including Modal, Response Spectrum, Buckling, PDelta, non-linear thermal;<\/li>\n<li>importing input files from more than 20 proprietary format;<\/li>\n<li>importing results from more than 20 proprietary and non-proprietary format;<\/li>\n<li>exporting models more than 20 proprietary and non-proprietary format;<\/li>\n<li>post-processing capabilities with deformed shapes with contour display, beam diagrams, stress and strain contour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Documentation and help<\/h2>\n<p>Along with NextFEM Designer is provided an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/support\/\">user manual<\/a> which describes the main controls and procedures to get started with the program. Alongside with the manual, online support is available. It is possible to ask questions or give suggestions in the dedicated part of the NextFEM forum (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/forums\/\">http:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/forums\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>NextFEM user interface<\/h2>\n<p>Display window looks like the figure below. It is possible to show the model (extruded or not), number of nodes or element, loads applied and general axis. On the bottom left corner number of nodes and elements of the model are shown.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/smallCA_eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/smallCA_eng.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/smallCA_eng-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/smallCA_eng-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/smallCA_eng-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/smallCA_eng-600x378.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/smallCA_eng-250x158.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>NextFEM Designer<\/em> can handle various type of models coming from other commercial software, such as OpenSees, SAP2000, OOFEM, ADAPTIC, Zeus-NL, Abaqus, CalculiX, Midas GEN. Thanks to its general abstraction classes, NextFEM Designer is the best way to convert a model from a program to another (eg. SAP2000 to OpenSees).<\/p>\n<p>It can easily <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">translate<\/span> the geometry from one to another; in many cases (if the original software can export results), NextFEM Designer can be used also as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">post-processor<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Advanced BIM support &#8211; share a 3D model with your collaborators and customers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"overflow: scroll;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/webapi\/modelloIFC.html\" name=\"frame1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400px\" frameborder=\"yes\" scrolling=\"auto\" align=\"middle\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n3D model of a building &#8211; <em>Rotate with left mouse button, zoom by scrolling<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Import-export capabilities<\/h2>\n<p>For a list of complete import\/export capabilities see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/webManuals\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Chapter 3 of the Users&#8217; manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Customizable libraries<\/h2>\n<p>NextFEM Designer allows to use custom material and section libraries, adapting to the needs of an international audience.<\/p>\n<h2>Expand material library<\/h2>\n<p>The material library can be expanded by writing a CSV file (i.e. a text file using the semicolon separator), as in the following examples.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Steel<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Name;Code;E [MPa];G [MPa];n_;fyk [MPa];ftk [MPa];Wd [kN\/m^3];Md [kg\/m^3]<\/p>\n<p>S235;UNI EN 10025-2;210000;80769;0.3;235;360;78.6;801.2232416<\/p>\n<p>S275;UNI EN 10025-2;210000;80769;0.3;275;430;78.6;801.2232416<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Concrete<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Name;Code;E [MPa];G [MPa];n_;fck [MPa];Wd [kN\/m^3];Md [kg\/m^3]<\/p>\n<p>C8\/10;NTC2008;25331;10555;0.2;8;25;254.841998<\/p>\n<p>C12\/15;NTC2008;27085;11285;0.2;12;25;254.841998<\/p>\n<p>The column <em>CheckType<\/em> specifies the verifications associated with the material. Insert:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 for <em>Steel<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2 for <em>Aluminium\/Alloy<\/em><\/li>\n<li>3 for <em>Concrete<\/em><\/li>\n<li>4 for <em>Timber<\/em><\/li>\n<li>0 for other materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For other types of materials, all the columns are mandatory, except for \u201cMd\u201d \u2013 mass density, which will be calculated by the program in consistent units from Wd \u2013 weight density.<\/p>\n<p>Natively supported fields are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E: Young modulus<\/li>\n<li>n_: Poisson ratio<\/li>\n<li>G: shear modulus<\/li>\n<li>fk: characteristic strength<\/li>\n<li>Wd: weight density<\/li>\n<li>a_T: thermal coefficient for linear deformation<\/li>\n<li>K: heat conductivity<\/li>\n<li>Cp: specific heat capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The property name can be followed by square brackets containing the unit of measure (eg. \u201cE [MPa]\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>The file must be placed in the \u201cdata\u201d folder and its extension must be <em>*.nfm<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Expand section Library<\/h2>\n<p>The section library can be expanded by writing a CSV file (i.e. a text file using the semicolon separator) as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Name;Code;h [mm];b [mm];tw [mm];tf [mm];r [mm];A [cm^2];Jy [cm4];Wey [cm^3];Wpy [cm^3];iy [cm];Avz [cm^2];Jz [cm^4];Wez [cm^3];Wpz [cm^3];iz [cm]<\/p>\n<p>IPE A 80;UNI;78;46;3.3;4.2;5;6.375401837;64.37774091;16.50711305;18.97743881;3.177708713;3.070001837;6.852668856;2.979421242;4.692462888;1.036754887<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The first four columns are mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>Natively supported fields are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>h: height<\/li>\n<li>b: base<\/li>\n<li>d: diameter<\/li>\n<li>t: thickness (for pipe sections)<\/li>\n<li>tw: web thickness<\/li>\n<li>tf: flange thickness<\/li>\n<li>A: area of the section<\/li>\n<li>Jz: moment of inertia with respect to horizontal axis<\/li>\n<li>Jy: moment of inertia with respect to vertical axis<\/li>\n<li>Wez: elastic strength modulus with respect to horizontal axis<\/li>\n<li>Wey: elastic strength modulus with respect to vertical axis<\/li>\n<li>Wpz: plastic strength modulus with respect to horizontal axis<\/li>\n<li>Wpy: plastic strength modulus with respect to vertical axis<\/li>\n<li>Avz: shear area with respect to horizontal axis (local z)<\/li>\n<li>Avy: shear area with respect to horizontal axis (local y)<\/li>\n<li>gap: horizontal distance for double sections (eg. double L or double C).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The property name can be followed by square brackets containing the unit of measure (eg. \u201ch [cm]\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Type<\/em> columns specifies the shape of the section. Insert:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0 for unknown or generic<\/li>\n<li>1 for rectangular<\/li>\n<li>2 for circular<\/li>\n<li>3 for C shape<\/li>\n<li>4 for T shape<\/li>\n<li>5 for double-T o I<\/li>\n<li>6 for L shape<\/li>\n<li>7 for box<\/li>\n<li>8 for pipe<\/li>\n<li>9 for double L<\/li>\n<li>10 for double C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The file must be placed in the \u201cdata\u201d folder and its extension must be <em>*.nfs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Cloud analysis<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4173 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/cloud_manager.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/cloud_manager.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/cloud_manager-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/cloud_manager-250x156.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/cloud_manager-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>Try for free our cloud computing server! If you register in the site, you&#8217;ll get 10 credits for free.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong><em> Login to cloud <\/em><\/strong>command allows to run analyses on cloud by connecting to the NextFEM server using the user\u2019s credential. To log into the cloud insert your <em>Username<\/em> and your <em>Password<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Once connected to the cloud, it is possible to launch analyses by selecting them from the <em>Select case to run<\/em> list, and then click on the <em>Submit<\/em> button.<\/p>\n<p>Once the analysis has been submitted, it will be completed in the cloud. When completed, it is possible to get the result at any time clicking on the <em>Retrieve results<\/em> button.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NextFEM Designer FEA MADE EASY NextFEM Designer is a user friendly Finite Element Analysis program, which can be used alone or to be a pre- or post- processor for several &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}