Exporting Frilo plate data

Module(s): Frilo Plate

You can use the Export Frilo Plate Data tool to save architectural components to an ASCII file. You can then import the geometric data of this file to the FE program for plates provided by FRILO Software GmbH, where you can use the data as the basis for calculations.

To save architectural components to an ASCII file

1. Click Export Frilo Plate Data (How).
   

   Activate Export Frilo Plate Data in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Frilo Structural Analyses Frilo Plate

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Frilo Plate

2. Select the architectural components you want to transfer.
   

   • To select a single element, click it.
   • To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
   • To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.

   For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

   When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.

3. Specify the path and file name.

   Note: Allplan saves the geometric data only when you have selected an architectural slab. Please bear in mind that you cannot transfer several slabs that do not intersect.

4. Start the FE program for plates provided by FRILO Software GmbH and import the geometric data using File - Import - ASCII.

   The program creates the system and the supports based on the architectural components.

5. Complete the entries in the FE program and calculate the data there.
6. Before you quit the FE program, export the results so that you can import them into Allplan using the Import FEA Files tool.