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Karamba3D

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

Current Version: 1.3.2 (July 9 2019)

Website: http://www.karamba3d.com
Location: Vienna
Members: 1118
Latest Activity: on Saturday

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/buy.

downloads, manual:

https://manual.karamba3d.com/ or

www.food4rhino.com/app/karamba3d

examples (for Karamba3D 1.3.2):

www.karamba3d.com/examples/

release notes:
www.grasshopper3d.com/group/karamba3d/page/new-features-and-bug-fixes

scripting guide & examples:

https://www.karamba3d.com/download/#manual

repository with unit tests:

https://github.com/karamba3d/K3D_tests

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

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

This grasshopper discussion forum is no longer maintained - please post all questions on the McNeel Forum. Thank you

Discussion Forum

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Started by yogamaja. Last reply by Michael Fluer on Saturday.

Error of Assemble model (Karamba) 5 Replies

Hi,I am trying to analyze one structure by Karamba.There is an error during creating an assemble model.Could anyone know what this error means?1. Solution exception:Could not find node at…Continue

Started by cylin. Last reply by Michael Fluer on Thursday.

Local axes of beams needed for gridshell structure 8 Replies

Hi everyone!I'm trying to convert a Karamba model of a gridshell to SCIA (a software package for finite element analysis). In karamba I use the orientate beam component to change the Z-orientation of…Continue

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Started by Steven van Eck. Last reply by Michael Fluer Mar 24.

2 emergent problem to solve in karambaa 9 Replies

problem in analysis old building and construction in realityproblem1 how to describe the line of beam, and the extension part of beam (in reality all of them are not connected in axis of the…Continue

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Comment by j koeken on October 15, 2012 at 10:26am: Hello,

I`m using karamba for my shell structure. With the analyzis

the displacements are given, the princ. stress do not work, how can

i solve this problem? See the pictures

I get the messages:

Error: Solution exception: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index

J. Koeken

Comment by Karamba3D on September 26, 2012 at 8:02am: Please send me your machine.id file: Put a license component on the canvas, right-click on its icon and select 'Save machine.id' from the context menu.

Best,

Clemens

Comment by Karamba3D on August 18, 2012 at 1:13pm: The component is missing due to an error in my compiler settings. I have sent you a corrected version.

Best,

Clemens

Comment by Kane Borg on August 18, 2012 at 9:51am: I still cannot find it, do I have a wrong version or is something disabled from layouts?

Thanks K

Comment by Kane Borg on August 18, 2012 at 9:49am

Comment by Karamba3D on August 18, 2012 at 9:33am: it's in the 'Ensemble'-section.

Best,

C

Comment by Kane Borg on August 17, 2012 at 1:39pm: Hi all, where can I find the mkset tool, or where can I get it? I am experimenting with the stitching tools for trusses and need this tool to stitch a number of truss tension members to their corresponding compression member.

Thanks

K?

Comment by Robert Vier on June 10, 2012 at 5:26am: ah,

and hinged connections you can achieve either by using the 'modify beam' component and set the 'bending' input to false, or specify it more detailed by introducing 'cross section joints' on specific beam ids where you can set the same properties as for supports for each the start and the end node of a beam separately.

Comment by Robert Vier on June 10, 2012 at 5:24am: hey djordje!

Tx, Ty, Tz represent the freedom of a support to move in x, y and z direction (T for translate). the same holds for Rx, Ry, Rz but for a rotation around the respective axis. those directions can also be determined by a reference plane other than the world xyz system.

Black means the degree of freedom is restrained, while white means it is free to move.

the symbols you see in the drawing are possibilities to more apparently visualize a special support situation, e.g. having a member on a rolling wagon etc..

you could also post requests in our discussion forum http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/karamba/forum rather than on the board ;)

best

Comment by djordje on June 9, 2012 at 3:43pm: Support Conditions in Karamba

Few months ago, some member posted a preview of the Support Conditions in Karamba. Take a look:

I saved that image, but did not really understand it.

The black round circles, represent the option that should be checked? And what about the white circles? What do they represent?

Also the last part - hinged connections of the truss, I do not understand it. How to achieve the hinged connections among truss members?

Thank you.