FEM CalculiX: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:54, 26 August 2015

This page collects all informations about the solver used by FreeCAD's FEM Module. The interface between the solver and FreeCAD in pre- as well as post processing is also described. At the moment (Mid 2015 and FreeCAD 0.16dev) the only supported solver by the FEM Module is [CalculiX].

CalculiX

Depending on the operating system you are working with you need to install CalculiX first. Check out [FEM Install].

Interface

Interaction between FEM Module and CalculiX is done by text files. The FEM Module writes a CalculiX input file, starts CalculiX, logs the output of CalculiX and read the output files of CalculiX if they are available. The FEM_Calculation tool manages the whole process. User interaction in the process is possible.

Preprocessing interface

CalculiX uses abaqus input file format. The input file could be edited before the solver is started. The units used in the CalculiX input file are independet from the units used in FreeCAD. They will be mm and N. (ToDo: check this. What happens with the mesh if inch is used in FreeCAD. Density was introduced. With this we have kg and s and no longer N?! how about this !?!)

The FEM Module - CalculiX interface supports the following objects:

FEM Elements

Tet4 and Tet10 --> FEM_Mesh#Tetrahedron_element Tetrahedron
S3 and S6 as well as B31 and B32 are in development

Analysis

linear static analysis

Materials

one linear elastic material
multiple material is in development

FEM Module

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-This page collects all informations about the Solver used by FreeCAD's FEM Module. This also contians the interface between the Solver and FreeCAD in Pre- as well as Postprocessing. At the moment (Mid 2015 and FreeCAD 0.16dev) the only supported Solver by the FEM Module is [[http://www.calculix.de/ CalculiX]].
+This page collects all informations about the solver used by FreeCAD's FEM Module. The interface between the solver and FreeCAD in pre- as well as post processing is also described. At the moment (Mid 2015 and FreeCAD 0.16dev) the only supported solver by the FEM Module is [[http://www.calculix.de/ CalculiX]].
 == CalculiX ==
-Depending on the operating System you are working with you need to install CalculiX first. Check out [FEM Install].
+Depending on the operating system you are working with you need to install CalculiX first. Check out [FEM Install].
 === Interface ===
-Interaction between FEM Module and CalculiX is done by text files. The FEM Module writes a CalculiX input file, starts CalculiX, logs the output of CalculiX and read the output files of CalculiX if they are available.
+Interaction between FEM Module and CalculiX is done by text files. The FEM Module writes a CalculiX input file, starts CalculiX, logs the output of CalculiX and read the output files of CalculiX if they are available. The
+[[FEM_Calculation]] tool manages the whole process. User interaction in the process is possible.
-==== Preprocessing ====
+==== Preprocessing interface ====
+CalculiX uses abaqus input file format. The input file could be edited before the solver is started. The units used in the CalculiX input file are independet from the units used in FreeCAD. They will be mm and N. (ToDo: check this. What happens with the mesh if inch is used in FreeCAD. Density was introduced. With this we have kg and s and no longer N?! how about this !?!)
-The  CalculiX uses abaqus input file format.
+The FEM Module - CalculiX interface supports the following objects:
+===== FEM Elements =====
+* Tet4 and Tet10 --> [[FEM_Mesh#Tetrahedron_element  Tetrahedron]]
+* S3 and S6 as well as B31 and B32 are in development
+===== Analysis =====
+* linear static analysis
+===== Materials =====
+* one linear elastic material
+* multiple material is in development