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Opening the model in AxisVM

The 3D model of a calculation in AxisVM, with the BEAM AxisVM helper.

After a calculation on the mast photo, Open in AxisVM (model file) downloads the mast's 3D model: nodes, beams, the anchor, and every load case. The BEAM AxisVM helper builds it in AxisVM on your PC. The anchor is a pinned rod: it carries force only along its own axis, as BEAM calculates it. A model downloaded before RailTools 1.57.0 still has the old anchor (stiff sideways too) - download it again.

Once: install the helper

You need AxisVM on your PC and the BEAM AxisVM helper (BeamAxisVM.exe) from vdp Software Tools. Start it once with --install: from then on a double-click on a model file opens it with the helper. The helper is signed: Windows shows vdp Software Tools GmbH as its publisher.

Each time

1. Calculate the mast on the photo, then choose Open in AxisVM (model file).
2. Open the downloaded file. The helper starts AxisVM, builds the model and saves it next to the file.

The helper never closes an AxisVM you are working in without asking.

The helper's version

The first line of the helper's log names its version. Version 1.2 builds a section that AxisVM's catalogue lacks from its dimensions and lists it in the log, and places every profile turned exactly as it is designed; replace an older copy of BeamAxisVM.exe with it.

How the server's own solver works and how it compares with AxisVM: The reference solver.