FEM ElementGeometry2D
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Menu location |
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Model → Element Geometry → Shell plate thickness |
Workbenches |
FEM |
Default shortcut |
C S |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
FEM tutorial |
Description
ElementGeometry2D is used to define thickness of 2D FEM elements, all or lying on the chosen surface.
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the
FEM ElementGeometry2D button.
- Select the Model → Element Geometry →
Shell plate thickness option from the menu.
- Press the
- Define a thickness parameter.
- Optionally press the Add button in the task panel and then click on the face you want to have a prescribed thickness. If the face selection is free, all remaining faces (whose thickness is not defined by other FEM ElementGeometry2D objects) will be automatically assigned.
Limitations
- Analysis combining shell elements with solid or edge elements is not supported in the current version (FreeCAD 0.18).
Properties
DataThickness: specifies the thickness of the shell.
Scripting
Notes
For viewing results from CalculiX solver on the mesh expanded to the prescribed thickness, property Beam Shell Result Output 3D
in the FEM SolverCalculixCxxtools need to be set to True
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- Materials: Solid, Fluid, Nonlinear mechanical, Reinforced (concrete); Material editor
- Element geometry: Beam (1D), Beam rotation (1D), Shell (2D), Fluid flow (1D)
Constraints
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- Overwrite Constants: Constant vacuum permittivity
- Solve: CalculiX Standard, Elmer, Mystran, Z88; Equations: Deformation, Elasticity, Electrostatic, Electricforce, Magnetodynamic, Magnetodynamic 2D, Flow, Flux, Heat; Solver: Solver control, Solver run
- Results: Purge, Show; Postprocessing: Apply changes, Pipeline from result, Warp filter, Scalar clip filter, Function cut filter, Region clip filter, Contours filter, Line clip filter, Stress linearization plot, Data at point clip filter, Filter function plane, Filter function sphere, Filter function cylinder, Filter function box
- Additional: Preferences; FEM Install, FEM Mesh, FEM Solver, FEM CalculiX, FEM Concrete; FEM Element Types
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