Karamba3D

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Karamba3D is a parametric structural engineering tool which provides accurate analysis of spatial trusses, frames and shells.

Current Version: 1.3.1 (October 1st 2018)

Website: http://www.karamba3d.com
Location: Vienna
Members: 985
Latest Activity: 22 hours ago

Karamba3D is an interactive, parametric finite element program. It lets you analyze the response of 3-dimensional beam and shell structures under arbitrary loads.

Karamba3D is being developed by Clemens Preisinger in cooperation with Bollinger und Grohmann ZTGmbH in Vienna.

Download a free trial now! Licenses for educational or commercial purposes can be purchased at www.karamba3d.com/download.

Stay up to date with the development of Karamba3D by joining our Grasshopper group where you can post your queries, requests or issues for Karamba3d.

downloads, manual:

www.karamba3d.com/download or

www.food4rhino.com/app/karamba3d

examples (for Karamba3D 1.2.2):

www.karamba3d.com/examples/

update report/known bugs:
www.grasshopper3d.com/group/karamba3d/page/new-features-and-bug-fixes

Here a beam structure based on stream-lines with bending moments:

More details, manual, examples and download ....

Discussion Forum

Ribbed shells 1 Reply

Hi there, I'm trying to use Karamba iterating with a MOGA to create ribbed shells based on the bending stress analysis of a given initial shell. Consider leaf nerves a good reference. Questions:1. Is…Continue

Tags: shells, nerves, ribbed, section, shell

Started by Jorge Christie. Last reply by Karamba3D 22 hours ago.

Karamba.gha could not be added 1 Reply

Hi,I'm trying to add "karamba.gha" to my Visual Studio C# project but this message box appears:…Continue

Started by Giovanni Inghirami. Last reply by Karamba3D 22 hours ago.

Optimizing eccentricities in Reciprocal Frame using Karamba does not work 8 Replies

Hi Karamba Team,Currently I’m trying to optimize and equalize eccentricities in a Reciprocal Frame using initial strains. This by adding line length dependent strains to each eccentricity line using…Continue

Tags: Reciprocal, Karamba

Started by Tom Godthelp. Last reply by Sean Feb 9.

Karamba Cross Section Optimization 22 Replies

Hello everyone.I'm new to Karamba and I'm wondering if it is possible to optimize the cross-section of a shell, but not by picking from a list of standardized cross-sections.The picture below is that…Continue

Started by Erik Pelicaen. Last reply by Karamba3D Jan 31.

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Comment by Wilinton Felipe Colunche Núñez on February 6, 2019 at 9:00pm

Hi all Is it possible to create other cross sections? And if that is possible, how can I do that ?, some reference (book, chapter, ....) Thank you

Comment by Rafael Pastrana on December 14, 2018 at 1:23am: Could it be a render scale / visualization issue? @Arthur

Comment by Marco Pellegrino on December 12, 2018 at 12:47pm: Arthur. It shouldn’t have that big difference. Could you share your file? Have you check the global reaction ? Are they the same?

Comment by X.Arthur.Ma on December 12, 2018 at 10:22am: Hi,

I have a question on the shell analysis.

For shells, is the analysis mesh independent?

Same settings except for the mesh topology, but the result is so different.

Comment by Karamba3D on December 4, 2018 at 11:18pm: Hi Wilinton,

you have to update your Rhino in order to run the latest version of Karamba. Otherwise you can use a previous installation of Karamba.

Matthew

Comment by Wilinton Felipe Colunche Núñez on December 4, 2018 at 4:28pm: I am new to this and would like you to help me ... Thank you.

Comment by Wilinton Felipe Colunche Núñez on December 4, 2018 at 4:26pm

Hi, Why do I get this error when I open Grasshopper? ... I am new to this and would like you to help me ... Thank you.

Comment by Karamba3D on December 3, 2018 at 1:43pm: Hi,

there is no fixed date yet. Karamba3D basically runs on the Mac, the main issue is the installation procedure.

Comment by Garikundesu on December 2, 2018 at 1:24am: Hi,

On the 30th of August 2018, a member of Karamba (Clemens) replied that there will be a Mac version. Any information on the ongoing development or a release date anytime soon ?

The latest WIP of Rhino 6 Mac are more and more stable as long as the built in grasshopper are throwing less and less exceptions.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Comment by Jakub Czajczynski on November 8, 2018 at 7:25pm: Dear Karamba Team,

I love that you put examples on your website but unfortunately, some of them are not working anymore. For example:

- Large Deformation of a Shell

- Large Deformation of a Triangular Grid

I'm using the student version of Karamba 1.3.1. Please let me know what can cause the problem.