FEATURE

3dsolid2fds is an add-on software utility for use in AutoCAD environment to easily and quickly convert the geometry of 3DSOLID objects to the formatted &OBST lines for FDS.

Where objects are constructed on separate layers such as walls, doors, furnitures, etc., 3dsolid2fds would pick up the layer name and use it as SURF_ID on each &OBST line. This is handy for later material specification in the FDS input file.

USE

1. Download and unzip the utility and save it to a folder.

2. In AutoCAD, select Tools menu item

3. Select Load Application

4. Browse to your folder and choose 3dsolid2fds.fas to load

5. In the Command Line, type 3dsolid2fds

6. Type ALL or select each 3DSOLID object to convert.

7. When prompted enter a filename to save the output file.

Contact

Thank you for all your feedback and comments. 

Email:

enquiry@astravision-solutions.com

Postal Address:

P O Box 5916 Wellesley Street
Auckland 1141, New Zealand

Links:

http://fire.nist.gov/fds/thirdparty.html

USERS


Indicative user distribution based on downloads as at 26th March 2008

DISCLAIMER

3dsolid2fds is a free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

A copy of the GNU General Public License is included in the zip file. Please refer to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for more details.


NOTES:
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