FEMbyGEN Workbench

Introduction
FEMbyGEN is a FreeCAD addon. It provides a simple interface to choose the best solution by showing the structural behavior of your designs on screen for parametric analysis and multiple loading situations.



Intended work-flow

 * 1) Click the  button to create the parameters for the parametric analysis.
 * 2) Using the  button please match the size and name of the parameters.
 * 3) Associate the Spreadsheet and your model.
 * 4) Set up analysis model(s) with the FEM Workbench.
 * 5) Switch back to the FEMbyGEN Workbench and with the  button, create all generations.
 * 6) Click on the  button and Start FEA to run simulations.
 * 7) You can check simulation files by clicking rows of the related generation.
 * 8) Click on the  button to get results into the master file.
 * 9) Summation of all load case results will also be under Results in the tree view.

Features

 * Parametric FEM analysis
 * Supports multiple loadcases
 * Summarize all the results in a table
 * Sort results by your output weight
 * Summation of all load cases

Features to be supported in the future

 * Topology Analysis
 * Taguchi Method to generate parametric variations

Limitations

 * Works only with Calculix Solver

Addon Manager
FEMbyGEN can easily be installed via the FreeCAD Addon Manager from the  menu.

FEMbyGEN is under active development and will get new features frequently. Therefore you should update it regularly using also the menu.

The FEMbyGEN code is hosted and developed FEMbyGEN on GitHub.com.

Manual
See How to install additional workbenches

Prerequisites

 * FreeCAD 0.19 or newer