{"id":1946,"date":"2013-03-01T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1946-ask-an-engineer-re-do-with-scan-and-solve-for-rhino.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:26:18","slug":"ask-an-engineer-re-do-with-scan-and-solve-for-rhino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/ask-an-engineer-re-do-with-scan-and-solve-for-rhino","title":{"rendered":"Ask an Engineer re-do with Scan and Solve for Rhino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had some great feedback to the <a href=\"\/blog\/archives\/1902-Shapeways-Ask-an-Engineer-1-What-Wall-Thickness-to-Use-to-3D-Print-Wires-VIDEO.html\">Ask an Engineer videos<\/a>, and while we assure you we ARE getting a microphone and will find a quieter space to film than the factory, Vladim Shapiro took the opportunity to scientifically test our coke can strength test.<\/p>\n<p>The models we used in the <a href=\"\/blog\/archives\/1926-Shapeways-Ask-an-Engineer-2-Strength-and-Structure-VIDEO.html\">Strength and Structure<\/a> video are available for <a href=\"\/model\/920443\/squares.html\">free download<\/a> so he tried&nbsp;structural analysis on them using free simulation software.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scan-and-solve.com\/\">Scan&amp;Solve<\/a>&nbsp;is a Rhino plugin that can&nbsp;<span>do structural analysis on any b-rep or meshed solid model directly without any preprocessing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s his video, remember to watch with CAPTIONS ON to follow along.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xPaCIaXj68M\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt;\"> <\/p>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Pretty neat right? 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