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. Shows mesh density being changed to refine a cone tent. Illustrates how to use MPanel to fix the eaves on a double cone tent structure. How to design a cone tent with fixed edges. Shows a method to design a sail structure with one fixed edge and 3 catenary edges. MPanel-Pro was developed to assist tensile fabric structure designers, but works equally well on other projects, such as tents, awnings, exhibition stands, and inflatable structures.īecause it works with AutoCAD and Rhino, there is no need to learn a complete new CAD environment so you can leverage your CAD skills and you will be up and running in a very short time.įollow the links to download a zip file containing the drawing in AutoCAD or Rhino Tutorial

These tools allows you to manipulate your CAD drawing from the initial relaxation of a mesh to the final production panels to send to your plotter or cutter. The MPanel-Pro toolbar provides a set of design tools in a user friendly interface to assist tensile fabric structure designers. MPanel-Design is the Lite version without the 2D patterning tools. MPanel-Pro is our flagship product providing 3D form finding and 2D patterning Windows software for tension fabric structures, working as an add on toolbar in AutoCAD and Rhino.

Tensile fabric structure designers can now have a complete set of tools, running in industry standard CAD software, AutoCAD® or Rhinoceros®.

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