russframe fea freeware or shareware wtd. in 2004
 

truss/frame fea freeware or shareware wtd. in 2004
there is a 5 yr. old thread on this but most sites are dead.
what do you recommend in 2004?
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enercalc offers fastframe free. i have a copy but i never used it. it appears to be a nice program. i use staad pro or etabs v 8.0 for all of my analysis and design needs and complex trusses. this software is two dimensional only. virtually all wind frames can be modeled as 2-d.
i ike risa-2d for simple "wind" frames. (
felt is a free software finite element program which comes with source code. i am not a peng structural engineer, so i cannot vouch for its accuracy.