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Technical items and disclaimer

• «Fachwerk» is platform-independent, it runs on LINUX, Windows and Macintosh.
• It needs Java (JRE ≥ 1.7) installed.
• It is «free» software, it is subject to the «GNU Public Licence» GPL.
  In brief: The licence allows the use, redistribution and modification of the program providing that you accept it's rules.
  Commercial users are expected to pay for the program (not mandatory though).
• The licence disclaims all liability of the author.
• All results must be verified CAREFULLY in order to state that they are PLAUSIBLE!
  The current version is 0.4.5 (February 22, 2017). Consult the Changelog to see what is new.

Installation

First be sure, Java is installed. To verify, open a command prompt (terminal) and type java -version
If Java is missing on your computer, get the Java Runtime Environment.

Windows, Mac OS X, any OS	Linux
Download the archive fachwerk045.zip (1.9 MB).	Download the package OpenSUSE, Fedora, Mandriva: fachwerk-0.4.5-2.1.noarch.rpm Debian, Ubuntu: fachwerk_0.4.5-3.1_all.deb
Extract the archive to any directory. (i.e. C:\Program Files)	Click the package, confirm installation, type root password. Alternatively type: sudo rpm -Uvh fachwerk-0.4.5-2.1.noarch.rpm or sudo dpkg -i fachwerk_0.4.5-3.1_all.deb

All releases including source code can be found at the download-page.

Starting the program

Linux

If installation was done using the package manager, start Fachwerk from the program menu or type fachwerk

In case you have installed the zip, change into the directory where you have unzipped the program, then type ./fachwerk

Windows

First change into the directory where you have installed the program (i.e. C:\Program Files\fachwerk).
Then double-click the file «fachwerk.bat» or type fachwerk in the command line.

Mac OS X, any operating system

In Terminal change into the directory where you have unzipped the program, then type
./fachwerk

Mac OS X, any operating system

Change into the directory where you have unzipped the program, then type
java -jar fachwerk*.jar

Double-clicking the file «fachwerk*.jar» might also work.

Advanced

• If you start the program in a shell (command prompt), you'll get useful information while running the program.
• Type fachwerk --help for information about optional parameters.
• Examples and documentation is available in the program directory.
• The program documentation «Calculating strut-and-tie models with Fachwerk and Fachwerk3D» can be purchased.