Scripting new FEM elements in Karamba3D

Grasshopper Karamba3D
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Hello All,

I did this question a few years ago and this was still not possible, but it is there a chance that now Karamba3D allows FEM elements implementation with my own stiffness matrices?

I really wanted to implement composite shells inside Karamba and also line hinges for Cross Laminated Timber analysis.

Best Regards,
Márcio

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Hello Márcio,
at the moment this is not possible.
One option would be a plug-in mechanism so that external routines could supply the stiffness matrix for each layer of a composite shell element. Would this be practical for you?
Best,
Clemens

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Hm, I think I got the idea. You are saying to write a plug-in that generates multiple shell elements with the same mesh but with difererent orientations and excentricities? Thats sounds a good idea, I will give a try and benchmark with RFEM composite module!

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I am very interested in the subject. Also I want to analyze CLT elements with Karamba3d, also known as Xlam. it’s possible?

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@marcio.sartorelli.so
I am very interested in the subject. Also I want to analyze CLT elements with Karamba3d, also known as Xlam. it’s possible?
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Dear @fallarinomonica,
layered shell sections are on the TODO list, see Karamba3D 3.0.0 · GitHub.
– Clemens