ARMCAD 6 is not for architects seeking aesthetic purity. It is for designers who accept that all construction is contingent upon destruction . The software asks uncomfortable questions: “Where will the second round land?” “What if the welder in Mogadishu uses 2mm underfill?” “How long until the crew burns?”
Traditional CAD uses Boundary Representation (B-Rep). ARMCAD 6 uses . Every face, edge, and vertex possesses a threat-state memory. When a user draws a 10mm plate at 55°, the RGK does not ask “Is this manufacturable?” but rather “Against a 7.62x39mm API at 300m, what is the dwell time of the jet?” armcad 6
| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | | Create “armor swap” scenarios – base armor + add‑on tiles (ceramic, ERA, NERA) with automatic fitting to vehicle hull. | | RHA Equivalent Calculator | Convert any composite layup to an effective thickness of Rolled Homogeneous Armor against a selected threat. | | STANAG 4569 Compliance Check | Verify protection level against defined kinetic energy, artillery, and mine threats. | | Export to FEM | Native export of discretized armor mesh to LS‑DYNA, ANSYS Autodyn, or Abaqus for advanced hydrocode simulation. | | Welding & Bolting Planner | Suggest fastening points for bolt‑on armor – structural stress estimation. | | Terrain Interaction | Ground pressure calculation with armored skirts installed. | ARMCAD 6 is not for architects seeking aesthetic purity
Utilizing specialized ArmCAD commands, the user places longitudinal bars, stirrups, and mesh. Tools like "Bar Series" allow for the rapid distribution of stirrups along a beam with variable spacing. ARMCAD 6 uses
Compared to previous iterations, ArmCAD 6 introduced several specific enhancements: