In a Nutshell
For those who already know our other direct manipulation modeling products, Dr. Frame and Dr. Beam, Dr. Frame3D will seem very familiar -- to everyone its use will seem natural. Structural analysis is intuitive within the Dr. Frame3D environment: structures, and the applied loads and supports can be defined and modified interactively and the resulting structural behavior is apparent immediately, visually and numerically via a variety of feedback mechanisms including displacement, shear, and moment diagrams.

Overview of the Dr. Frame3D Environment
The main components of the Dr.Frame3D environment are shown in the screen shot below:

• Tools and Controls Button Palette - contains Dr. Frame3D tools for creating and manipulating structures, and for quickly modifying viewing parameters
• Modeling Pane View - the main modeling/visualisation pane: used for creation, manipulation, and inspection.
• Feedback Pane - provides useful information concerning objects, views, and tools.
• Results Pane - provides basic numerical results summaries in tabular format.
• Property Inspector - hierarchical display of object properties with support for direct editing of values.