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Connection Design.

A steel connection modelled in detail, as a template for your own.

Solids

The definition

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This example focuses on the detailed modelling of a steel connection.
Use it to study how local refinement of elements, materials and boundary conditions affects forces and deformations in the connection region, and as a template for building your own connection‑design workflows in Alpaca4d.

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