Hey,
I´m pretty new to Karamba but I found something I think is weird. When I change the units of the documents from meters to cm, all the properties of the Karamba materials change but the units keep the same. That creates issues when I apply those materials to my structure analysis. Does someone know if this is normal? See images attached for reference:
Hello @Enrique_Jiménez_More,
the ‘Input Length Unit’ input of the settings-component controls the physical units of the geometric input only (see e.g. https://vimeo.com/676756924). In order to change the units of the other input and output values use the karamba.ini-file (see lines 54-83 for details).
The issue with the material properties is a bug which was fixed in the latest service release of Karamba3D (see https://github.com/karamba3d/K3D_NightlyBuilds/releases) - sorry for the inconvenience.
– Clemens
Hi,
I have another problem. When I change the unit of the Karamba from the Karamba tab, it changes the units but the values are the same and they are not being converted to a new unit.
I’ve attached the screenshots.
Nasi
Hi @Nastaran_Hasani,
could you send me the example or a simplified version of it so that I can check what causes the problem?
– Clemens
29.07.24_glulam model.gh (46.1 KB)
Thank you for your response!
I’ve uploaded the model and I’m using imperial units here.
Best,
The problem could be that you changed the units for geometry input from meter to feet but left the system of units at SI instead of switching to Imperial. Therefore the units for mass and force remain unchanged.
After switching units in the menu it is necessary to recompute the solution to update the model.
I could not fully test the above definition because it contains the plug-in “Convert Units” which does not show up on Food4Rhino.
– Clemens
