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Fixed Edge Sail
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Shows a method to design a sail structure with one fixed edge and 3
catenary edges.
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Fixed Edge Cone
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How to design a cone tent with fixed edges. Illustrates how to use
MPanel to fix the eaves on a double cone tent structure.
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Change Mesh Density
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Shows mesh density being changed to refine a cone tent. Change
Mesh Density can be a great time saver, allowing the initial design to
be drawn out with very coarse meshes that require little
construction time and allow MPanel to relax the forms quickly. When
the design is further along the meshes can be increased in density
and then re-relaxed, to obtain a high definition drawing.
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Square Sail Droop Control
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Looks at the problems of adjusting the droop of a square sail with
high/low points. There is a peculiarity of an exactly square sail on a
symmetrical frame, that adjusting the weft/warp ratio does not adjust
the droop of the sail. This drawing explains that issue, and offers a
solution to the problem.
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Embedded Cables
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How to use embedded cables to carry some of the loads in a cone
tent design.
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Half Dome Awning
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Creating an awning cover with some double curvature on a half
dome. Framed structures, which are sometimes made without double
curvature, benefit in strength and rigidity if they are designed with
double curvature. This drawing illustrates working over a simple
entry way awning.
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Cable Structures
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Looks at designing cable reinforced structures as an alternative to
stressed skin structures using MPanel
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