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AxisVM
Data Exchange Add-on Modules
Import and exporting data to/from AxisVM can be achieved with
accuracy and efficiency. Materials and cross section libraries allow the user to
import details from a manufacturer’s table or national code table without the
need for any import extension modules.
Most of the results tables can be exported via clipboard to
most MS compatible word processors or spreadsheets, also with no special
interface required. In addition, most results tables can be exported in ASCII or
DBF format without special modules. Most database programs can then import these
results.
AxisVM automatically includes the above import and export
features as well as an AutoCAD .dxf import file format that permits an AutoCAD
compatible generated file to be imported into AxisVM as a background layer in
3D, which includes all nodes, and lines in a single layer. This file can then be
used to develop the finite element model within the Graphic User Interface
(preprocessor) of AxisVM.
Complex import details and highly detailed reports have been
given special consideration and several add-on modules are available that allow
the user to save time and enhance accuracy in the exchange of data between
programs.
AutoCAD
(DXF) Interfaces
This world standard for CAD programs is a common file format
allowing professionals to share complex data. Several special versions of this .dxf
format are available:
 | DXF-3D+: This add-on module will import and export
files, which include lines, nodes, curves, points, and polygons that represent a
complete finite element model. This
saves significant time for the user and enhances accuracy. The advanced version
available with AxisVM v7.0, also directly imports the various CAD design layers
that can be present in many files. Each
layer can be turned on or off by the AxisVM user to assist in building a highly
accurate finite element model.
 | The curves (circles, arcs, etc.) are converted into polylines
when they are imported. |
| Maximum deviation from arc: The number of the polyline line
segments are determined based on the value of the distance e. |
| Geometry
check tolerance. When you import a DXF file as an active mesh, AxisVM checks the
coincident points (nodes) and lines in your model, and merges them. You can
specify the maximum distance to merge points. Points that are closer together
than the specified distance are considered to be coinciding. The coordinates of
the merged points (nodes) are averaged. The Place button allows to graphically
position the imported DXF drawing in your model space.
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| DXF-RCI: This
add-on module allows the AxisVM files to be exported to any .dxf based
reinforced concrete detailing program so the results of the engineer’s designs
can be quickly utilized in developing detail drawings of the reinforcement
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IFC Import:
The IFC
import defined by the ISO as Industry Foundation Classes, is a standard
adopted in planned for almost every major CAD design software, including
AutoCAD, Revit, Bentley, Nemetschek, as well as specialty structural CAD
software. AxisVM provides a user-defined filter and the ability to
automatically convert imported IFC objects into structural objects with
independent support conditions available in the import process.
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ArchiCAD
Interface
| AI: File
format developed for ArchiCAD is *.ach
| Imports an object-oriented model from an ACH file into
AxisVM. The ACH file format was developed by Inter-CAD Kft. specifically for
Graphisoft ArchiCAD software, in order to allow integrated design of complex
structures architecturally designed with ArchiCAD and numerically analyzed with
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| The objects imported consist of column, wall, floor, roof and
other 3D structural elements. You can display the structural objects as a
background layer, use its points as reference in model editing, or generate
finite element active meshes. |
| AxisVM generates the cross-sections from the geometric data
of the corresponding ArchiCAD objects. |
| AxisVM can generate a native statical model from the ArchiCAD
model. |
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X-Steel, BoCAD,
ProSteel
Interface
| SI: Saves
the geometry of the model into a file format that is recognized by the X-Steel
and BoCAD software. The file includes the coordinates of i and
j-end nodes, the cross-sectional properties and the reference point of truss and
beam elements. This module provides several file export formats:
| X-Steel ASCII (*.asc)
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| X-Steel/ProSteel DSTV (*.stp) |
| BoCAD (*sc1) |
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STA-DATA/Piano (Italian)
| PIA: Saves
the FEA calculation results and geometry of the concrete plate analysis into a
file format that can be directly imported into PianoCA
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