Steel Springs Model in Karamba

Grasshopper Karamba3D
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Hi all,
I’m trying to simulate a differents shapes of Spring Steel Model under pressure in karamba but the problem is that karamba identify the spring like a line !?
14072021-v 01 jUST tHE sPRING.gh (45.2 KB)

Thank you so much in advance for helping!

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Hi, there a few issues with your setup.

  1. the units should be in meters
  2. Cross Section dimensions are in cm
  3. What does the mesh load do? It is far too large for the setup
  4. You need to check the supports.
    14072021-v 01 jUST tHE sPRING-mt.gh (57.0 KB)