LUSAS-authored external plugins

LUSAS-authored plugin

LUSAS Grasshopper plugin

• Free to use, the LUSAS official Grasshopper plugin is available from the food4rhino website, as well as from a link within the Rhino package manager. It is for use with Rhino 8.13 and above.

• This initial release lets you create structural models for LUSAS using dedicated Grasshopper components that enable the definition of attributes such as materials, sections, loads, supports, and more. 

• Interact directly with Grasshopper parametric models, make parametric changes and preview the model in real-time within Rhino.

Linking with LUSAS

• Seamlessly link to LUSAS with the press of a button

• If LUSAS is not installed, a file can be created by the plugin and passed to a LUSAS user who does.

• LUSAS Grasshopper script examples

Revit "Export to LUSAS" plugin 

21.0 with a licence update

• Available from the Autodesk App Store, the LUSAS-authored 'Export to LUSAS' plugin allows for a Revit analytical model to be exported to LUSAS for finite element analysis and optionally design checks to international codes of practice.

• Autodesk Revit "analytical elements" are converted to appropriate LUSAS features and finite elements, along with cross-sections, material attributes, loads and supports. Any export issues are reported in a friendly dialog, making them easily spotted and fixed.

• The new plugin is free to download and install to your Revit "Add-ins" ribbon.

Exporting to LUSAS

• Models exported using the plugins may be opened by any LUSAS user with a valid bridge or civil licence.

• LUSAS version 21.1 will import files without any need to update your licence. LUSAS version 21.0 will need a licence key update. Earlier versions of LUSAS do not support Revit import.

• If the exporter doesn't have LUSAS installed or an appropriate licence available, a file can be created by the plugin and passed to a LUSAS user who does.

Tekla "Export to LUSAS" plugin

• Available from the Tekla Warehouse, the LUSAS-authored 'Export to LUSAS' plugin allows allows for a Tekla Structures analysis model to be seamlessly exported to LUSAS version 21.1 for finite element analysis and optionally design checks to international codes of practice.

• The model export process covers most of Tekla's analysis model features, such as: analysis bars, panels, rigid links, loads supports, materials and profiles. Any export issues are reported in a friendly dialog, making them easily spotted and fixed.

• The new plugin is free to download and install into your Tekla application

Exporting to LUSAS

• Models exported using the plugins may be opened by any LUSAS user with a valid bridge or civil licence.

• LUSAS version 21.1 will import files without any need to update your licence. Earlier versions of LUSAS do not support Tekla import.

• If the exporter doesn't have LUSAS installed or an appropriate licence available, a file can be created by the plugin and passed to a LUSAS user who does.