{"id":266,"date":"2015-08-16T17:25:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T16:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2018-11-26T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T15:41:08","slug":"importexport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nextfem.it\/it\/importexport\/","title":{"rendered":"Import\/Export"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NextFEM Designer 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:\/\/nextfem.it\/blog\/NFviewer\/building.html\" name=\"frame1\" scrolling=\"auto\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400px\" frameborder=\"no\" align=\"middle\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n3D model of a building &#8211; <em>Rotate with left mouse button, zoom by scrolling<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here you are a list of supported features for each third-part software.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213587\"><\/a>OpenSees<\/h3>\n<p>Pre-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nodes<\/li>\n<li>UniaxialMaterial (partial reading)\n<ul>\n<li>elastic<\/li>\n<li>elasticPP<\/li>\n<li>elasticPPgap<\/li>\n<li>ENT<\/li>\n<li>Concrete01<\/li>\n<li>Concrete02<\/li>\n<li>Concrete03<\/li>\n<li>Steel01<\/li>\n<li>Steel02<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NDMaterial\n<ul>\n<li>ElasticIsotropic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Section (partial reading)\n<ul>\n<li>Fiber<\/li>\n<li>PlateFiber<\/li>\n<li>LayeredShell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Elements\n<ul>\n<li>ShellMITC4<\/li>\n<li>quad<\/li>\n<li>bbarQuad<\/li>\n<li>enhancedQuad<\/li>\n<li>quadUP (both)<\/li>\n<li>ShellDKGQ<\/li>\n<li>ShellNLDKGQ<\/li>\n<li>ShellNL (treated as 8-node shell)<\/li>\n<li>ElasticBeamColumn<\/li>\n<li>ElasticTimoshenkoBeam<\/li>\n<li>ForceBeamColumn<\/li>\n<li>DispBeamColumn<\/li>\n<li>beamWithHinges<\/li>\n<li>truss and trussf<\/li>\n<li>corotTruss<\/li>\n<li>rotspring2dir<\/li>\n<li>zeroLength<\/li>\n<li>zeroLengthND<\/li>\n<li>zeroLengthSection<\/li>\n<li>stdBrick<\/li>\n<li>bbarBrick<\/li>\n<li>Brick8N<\/li>\n<li>brickUP<\/li>\n<li>Brick20N<\/li>\n<li>20_8_BrickUP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fix, fixX, fixY, fixZ Commands<\/li>\n<li>GeomTransf Commands<\/li>\n<li>Uniform Beam Loads<\/li>\n<li>Nodal Loads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Displacements recorder<\/li>\n<li>Reactions recorder<\/li>\n<li>Modal Eigenvectors recorder<\/li>\n<li>Custom spring data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;WARNING: Import from OpenSees could be incomplete. Please always use recorder as complete as possible in DoFs and objects&nbsp; (ex. \u201crecorder Node -file disp.out -time -nodeRange 0 124 -dof 1 2 3 4 5 6 disp\u201d).<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213588\"><\/a>Midas GEN\u00ae<\/h3>\n<p>Pre-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nodes<\/li>\n<li>Elements\n<ul>\n<li>Beam<\/li>\n<li>Truss<\/li>\n<li>Plate<\/li>\n<li>Wall<\/li>\n<li>Elastic link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Frame Sections\n<ul>\n<li>Rectangular<\/li>\n<li>Circular<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Plate and Wall sections<\/li>\n<li>Material<\/li>\n<li>Member assignments<\/li>\n<li>Constraints<\/li>\n<li>Frame releases<\/li>\n<li>Static load cases<\/li>\n<li>Load combinations<\/li>\n<li>Distributed beam loads<\/li>\n<li>Point loads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not available yet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213589\"><\/a>SAP2000\u00ae<\/h3>\n<p>To import a model from SAP2000\u00ae, click on the <em>Import<\/em> option in the <em>File <\/em>menu and choose the <em>SAP2000 text file (*.s2k)<\/em> option from the <em>file type<\/em> drop-down list.<\/p>\n<p>The supported pre-processing features are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joint coordinates<\/li>\n<li>Joint restraint assignments<\/li>\n<li>Frame connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Link connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Area connectivity<\/li>\n<li>General frame section properties<\/li>\n<li>Area section properties\n<ul>\n<li>Rectangular<\/li>\n<li>circular<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>General frame release assignments<\/li>\n<li>Frame section assignments<\/li>\n<li>Area section assignments<\/li>\n<li>Basic mechanical material properties<\/li>\n<li>Joint loads<\/li>\n<li>Load case definitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modal periods and frequencies<\/li>\n<li>Joint displacements<\/li>\n<li>Joint reactions<\/li>\n<li>Frame element forces<\/li>\n<li>Shell element forces<\/li>\n<li>Shell element stresses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213590\"><\/a>OOFEM<\/h3>\n<p>Pre-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analysis type<\/li>\n<li>Node<\/li>\n<li>Rigidarmnode<\/li>\n<li>Beam3D<\/li>\n<li>Truss3D<\/li>\n<li>quad1mindlinshell3d<\/li>\n<li>mitc4shell<\/li>\n<li>tr_shell01<\/li>\n<li>tr_shell02<\/li>\n<li>LSpace<\/li>\n<li>LTRSpace<\/li>\n<li>QSpace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Node displacements<\/li>\n<li>Node reactions<\/li>\n<li>Element forces and moments<\/li>\n<li>Element strains<\/li>\n<li>Element stresses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213591\"><\/a>ADAPTIC and Zeus-NL<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Materials<\/li>\n<li>Groups<\/li>\n<li>Structural Nodal Coordinates (with or without repetitions)<\/li>\n<li>Non-structural Nodes (with or without repetitions)<\/li>\n<li>Element connectivity (with or without repetitions)\n<ul>\n<li>CBP3<\/li>\n<li>CBP2<\/li>\n<li>LNK3<\/li>\n<li>JEL3<\/li>\n<li>IN16 (partitioning supported)<\/li>\n<li>BK20 (partitioning supported)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-processing features for NUM files:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nodal displacements<\/li>\n<li>Nodal velocities (disable by default, check Options)<\/li>\n<li>Nodal accelerations (disable by default, check Options)<\/li>\n<li>Reactions<\/li>\n<li>Frame diagrams for cbp2, cbp3, lnk3 (in global coordinates), jel3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213592\"><\/a>ABAQUS\u00ae and CalculiX<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre-processing Import features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nodes<\/li>\n<li>Element\n<ul>\n<li>B22<\/li>\n<li>B23<\/li>\n<li>B31<\/li>\n<li>S3<\/li>\n<li>CPS3<\/li>\n<li>S4<\/li>\n<li>S4R<\/li>\n<li>CPS4<\/li>\n<li>C3D4<\/li>\n<li>C3D10<\/li>\n<li>C3D8<\/li>\n<li>C3D20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not available yet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213593\"><\/a>Dxf drawing<\/h3>\n<p>Pre-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Points<\/li>\n<li>Line elements<\/li>\n<li>WARNING: The correctness of the results is not guaranteed. Check carefully your model after import.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213594\"><\/a>Straus7\u00ae<\/h3>\n<p>Pre-processing features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Units<\/li>\n<li>Nodes<\/li>\n<li>Beam<\/li>\n<li>Beam3<\/li>\n<li>Quad4<\/li>\n<li>Beam rotation angles<\/li>\n<li>Restraints<\/li>\n<li>Ridig links<\/li>\n<li>Master-slave links<\/li>\n<li>Masses<\/li>\n<li>Beam sections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213595\"><\/a>BIM files \u2013&nbsp; IFC and IFCxml<\/h3>\n<p>Import of BIM models is supported for IFC and IFCxml formats. During import, IfcWall elements are automatically meshed with quad elements in a structured mesh. The mesh dimension can be set in the program options. Therefore, tolerances on position of windows and doors do not exceed the half of mesh size.<\/p>\n<p>The following elements can be read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IfcBeam<\/li>\n<li>IfcColumn<\/li>\n<li>IfcWall<\/li>\n<li>Transversal sections stored as SweptSolid, Curve2d and MappedRepresentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a name=\"_Toc421259479\"><\/a>Export features<\/h1>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213597\"><\/a>ABAQUS\u00ae<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nodes<\/li>\n<li>Elements\n<ul>\n<li>B33<\/li>\n<li>CPE2<\/li>\n<li>CPS3<\/li>\n<li>S3<\/li>\n<li>CPE4<\/li>\n<li>CPS4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213598\"><\/a>OpenSees<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nodes<\/li>\n<li>Elements\n<ul>\n<li>elasticBeamColumn<\/li>\n<li>ShellMITC4<\/li>\n<li>twoNodeLink (for springs)<\/li>\n<li>stdBrick<\/li>\n<li>Brick20N<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sections\n<ul>\n<li>PlateFiber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Isotropic Materials\n<ul>\n<li>nDMaterial ElasticIsotropic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Restraints<\/li>\n<li>Nodal loads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213599\"><\/a>Midas GEN\u00ae<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nodes<\/li>\n<li>Elements\n<ul>\n<li>Beam<\/li>\n<li>Triangular plates<\/li>\n<li>Quadrilateral plates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Groups<\/li>\n<li>Isotropic materials<\/li>\n<li>Wall and plate sections<\/li>\n<li>Restraints<\/li>\n<li>Elastic link<\/li>\n<li>Nodal masses<\/li>\n<li>Loads cases<\/li>\n<li>Concentrated loads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213600\"><\/a>SAP2000\u00ae<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Joints<\/li>\n<li>Frame connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Area connect<\/li>\n<li>Basic material properties<\/li>\n<li>Frame sections<\/li>\n<li>Area section ( WARNING: thick shells with drilling DOFs)<\/li>\n<li>Section assignments<\/li>\n<li>Load cases ( WARNING: Self weight set to zero)<\/li>\n<li>Restraints<\/li>\n<li>Linear links( WARNING: not yet supported)<\/li>\n<li>Concentrated masses<\/li>\n<li>Concentrated loads<\/li>\n<li>Groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213601\"><\/a>OOFEM<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Analysis\n<ul>\n<li>Linear static<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nodes<\/li>\n<li>Elements\n<ul>\n<li>Beam3D<\/li>\n<li>Truss3D<\/li>\n<li>Tr_shell01<\/li>\n<li>Quad1mindlinshell3d<\/li>\n<li>Lumped mass<\/li>\n<li>LTRSpace<\/li>\n<li>LSpace<\/li>\n<li>QSPace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sections<\/li>\n<li>Isotropic materials<\/li>\n<li>Boundary conditions<\/li>\n<li>Sets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213602\"><\/a>Dxf<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Points<\/li>\n<li>Line elements<\/li>\n<li>Plain elements ( WARNING: triangular and quadrilateral only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"_Toc504213603\"><\/a>BIM files \u2013&nbsp; IFC e IFCxml<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>IfcBeam<\/li>\n<li>IfcColumn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The correct import of the results from other solvers is not guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NextFEM Designer can handle various type of models coming from other commercial software, such as OpenSees, SAP2000, OOFEM, ADAPTIC, Zeus-NL, Abaqus, CalculiX, Midas GEN. 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