Software to design membranes
Designed to assist tensile fabric structure designers which works equally well on other projects, such as tents, awnings, exhibition stands, and inflatable structures
The 糖心原创 has a long term collaboration with the team of developers at Meliar Desing who developed MPanel, a 3D form finding and 2D patterning software for tension fabric structures.
The software works as a plug-in of AutoCAD and Rhino and allows the rapid form-finding of a tensioned membrane structure given the initial boundary conditions and the required level of pretention.
MPanel includes a tool for the generation of the cutting pattern for the manufacture of the membrane roof.
MPanel FEA (Finite Element Analysis) software is an additional module that allows a user to analyze MPanel 3D models for reactions due to environmental factors such as wind and snow loading.
MPanel Shade Designer is a stand-alone (no CAD system required) application that assists a user with the design and patterning of shade sail structures.
MPanel The patterning process Hypar