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[Aleshia Ducharme]

Ifyou cannot find the specific component mentioned in this error (IO), you can try to copy all components from your definition and paste them into a new document. This has proven to solve the issue in the past.

It seems that this plugin is indeed doing something unorthodox with your Grasshopper documents.

The only other workaround I can recommend is to save the file as .ghx and manually remove the chunk that is causing the issue. Open the .ghx with a text editor, look for sof_gh_sofistik_rhino and remove the part that is causing a problem (hopefully a small part). You can send me the .ghx version so i can have a look. That is cumbersome obviously, but the only way I see at the moment.

Pufferfish is used in your definition (the Parameter Mesh Pipe component). In general, for a plugin to still appear in the ghx file in the absence of any components related to it is an irregular behaviour that could probably be prevented by the plugin developers.

On our side, we could be a little more lenient during model checking, and accept models even if the libary is listed, as long as no components make use of it, but that is a potential risk.

I will brainstorm a more convenient workaround with the team and get back to you.

Grasshopper is a visual programming editor integrated with Rhinoceros3D of Robert McNeel & Asscoiates.Within a graphical environment, the user can visually place so-called components which represent functionality like a geometric operation andconnect the result of a component with the input parameters of other components.Starting from a given set of input parameters, this way a network of connected operations can be set up to define geometric modelsin a fully parametric way - when changing any of the input parameters, the model is automatically being updated.

The SOFiSTiK Grasshopper Toolkit gh_sofistik is an extension to Grasshopper providing dedicated components to definecross-sections, structural elements and loads for an analysis with SOFiSTiK.Elements like points, curves or surfaces can be converted into structural points, curves and surfaces and can be attributed withanalytical properties like material, cross section, boundary conditions or loads.This data can then be directly streamed into a SOFiSTiK project, where further analysis and design of the structureis being performed.

The primary objective of this manual is to explain the general workflow for different standardprojects such as bridge design, building design, steel design, geotechnics, dynamics and firedesign. Through the various tutorials deal with a wide range of interesting practical applications,all tutorials are intended to help new users become familiar with the recommended SOFiSTiK workflows.

Users are expected to understand the problem description and should be able to work in a windowsenvironment. Please note that minor differences in results may be found, depending on hardware andsoftware configuration.

The tasks covered by SOFiSTiK, address a broad scope of engineering applications and it istherefore not possible to validate all specific features with known reference solutions in termsof this tutorial manual.

Inside our tutorials we will explain the general workflow for different design projects, based onSSD and SOFiPLUS. Following the step by step explanation the user will be able to transfer thisworkflow to his own projects. A basic knowledge of the SOFiSTiK SSD and SOFiPLUS workflow is aprerequisite to understand the tutorials. We recommend to watch our online introductionSSD-SOFiPLUS videos you can find on our website.

The described workflow and project set up may be used as a template for further user projects.For every tutorial we provide the project data *.sofistik and *.dwg. This enables the userto study the input files for further understanding.

We hope this training was helpful for you and would appreciate feedback on your experience with the Bridge Design Training Videos.Let us know what you think and write us an email to: trai...@sofistik.de

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