Different stiffnesses and elasticities in warp and weft with Karamba?

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Is it possible to model membranes with Karamba having different stiffnesses and elasticities in warp and weft? If yes, how ?

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Dear @Charles_THIERRY_DE_V,
for shells it is possible to define an orthotropic material and specify the material directions for each shell element individually (see the manual for details).
However at the moment (Karamba3D 1.3.2) numerical problems arise in case of very thin shells because of the different orders of magnitude of bending an in-plane shell stiffness.
Best,
Clemens

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Thanks!