>
> Paul,
> I know of two programs that are free and appear to be
> fairly simple to use.  One is called "Framework" and can
> be found here:  http://home.wanadoo.nl/wolsink/
snips....
> Aubrey

I down loaded this one but the input is metric.
Looks pretty good. The user interface is a bit strange
but typical of foreign programs. It is amazing how
the programmers native language (Dutch) affects the look and
feel of a program's user interface.


I got hung up by this.
I need a few numbers in metric.
Density of steel?  Kg/Meter^3
Modulus of elasticity of steel? Kn/Meter^2
Poisson ratio but  as I recall that is dimensionless
and as I recall it is 3 but I could very well be wrong.

Here is a dxf of my test space frame.
The program loads and reads this file OK.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Try this (URL may wrap):

http://www.google.com/search?en&q=7%2E85+g%2Fcm%5E3+in+kg%2Fm%5E3


Russell Kent

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