FEM Mesh
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Create a FEM Mesh
There are different possibilities to create a FEM Mesh in FreeCAD:
- The Gui tool FEM_Create
- The Gui tool by Python
- Python directly means make the FEM Mesh by Hand
- Import a FEM Mesh
Objects created in PartDesign and Part are supported, as well as simple copies of those bodies. There are two meshers available to the user: Netgen and GMSH. Netgen is included in FreeCAD. Refer to FEM Install For FEM Mesh generation by GMSH user psicofil has provided a GMSHMesh Macro.
("-" means not supported by the interface, thus it is not possible to support it. )
FEM Element Types
General
More informations about the FEM element types and their data structure inside FreeCAD can be find on FEM Element Types.
Segment element
Triangle element
Quadratic element
Tetrahedron element
Pyramid element
Hexahedron element
Pentahedron element
Scripting
Create a FEM Mesh totally py python
Creating a mesh with one Tet-10 Elements
import FreeCAD, Fem
# create a empty mesh
m = Fem.FemMesh()
#create the nodes
m.addNode(0,1,0)
m.addNode(0,0,1)
m.addNode(1,0,0)
m.addNode(0,0,0)
m.addNode(0,0.5,0.5)
m.addNode(0.5,0.03,.5)
m.addNode(0.5,0.5,0.03)
m.addNode(0,0.5,0)
m.addNode(0.03,0,0.5)
m.addNode(0.5,0,0)
# add the volume with the created nodes
m.addVolume([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10])
Fem.show(m)
If you want to have predefined element and node numbering:
m.addNode(0.0,1.0,0.0,1)
m.addVolume([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10],1)
Visual handling
Highlight some nodes on the view:
import FreeCAD, Fem
m = Fem.FemMesh()
m.addNode(0,1,0)
m.addNode(0,0,1)
m.addNode(1,0,0)
m.addNode(0,0,0)
m.addNode(0,0.5,0.5)
m.addNode(0.5,0.03,.5)
m.addNode(0.5,0.5,0.03)
m.addNode(0,0.5,0)
m.addNode(0.03,0,0.5)
m.addNode(0.5,0,0)
m.addVolume([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10])
Fem.show(m)
Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.HighlightedNodes = [1,2,3]
Postprocessing colors and displacement:
Highlight some nodes on the view:
# set the volume 1 to red
Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.ElementColor= {1:(1,0,0)}
# set the node 1 and 2 to a certain Color and interpolate the survace
Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.NodeColor= {1:(1,0,0),2:(1,0,0)}
# set the node 1 and 2 to a certain displacement
Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.NodeDisplacement= {1:FreeCAD.Vector(1,0,0),2:FreeCAD.Vector(1,0,0)}
# double the factor of the displacement shown
Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.animate(2.0)
Script one Element of each supported Element Type
import Fem
#################################################
# Beams
# 2 node line --> seg2 ##########################
seg2 = Fem.FemMesh()
seg2.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 1)
seg2.addNode(10, 0, 0, 2)
seg2.addEdge( 1, 2)
seg2
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","seg2")
obj.FemMesh = seg2
obj.Placement.Base = (0,110,0)
# 3 node line --> seg3 ##########################
# not implemented
#################################################
# Shells
# Shells
# 3 node triangle --> tria3 #####################
tria3 = Fem.FemMesh()
tria3.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 1)
tria3.addNode( 6, 12, 0, 2)
tria3.addNode(12, 0, 0, 3)
tria3.addFace([ 1, 2, 3])
tria3
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","tria3")
obj.FemMesh = tria3
obj.Placement.Base = (0,80,0)
# 6 node triangle --> tria 6 ####################
tria6 = Fem.FemMesh()
tria6.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 1)
tria6.addNode( 6, 12, 0, 2)
tria6.addNode(12, 0, 0, 3)
tria6.addNode( 3, 6, 0, 4)
tria6.addNode( 9, 6, 0, 5)
tria6.addNode( 6, 0, 0, 6)
tria6.addFace([ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
tria6
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","tria6")
obj.FemMesh = tria6
obj.Placement.Base = (30,80,0)
# 4 node quad --> quad4 #########################
quad4 = Fem.FemMesh()
quad4.addNode( 0, 10, 0, 1)
quad4.addNode(10, 10, 0, 2)
quad4.addNode(10, 0, 0, 3)
quad4.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 4)
# quad4.addQuad( 1, 2, 3, 4) # without brackets
# addQuad adds a Face of four nodes --> see FmMeshPyImp.cpp --> redundant with addFace !
quad4.addFace([ 1, 2, 3, 4])
quad4
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","quad4")
obj.FemMesh = quad4
obj.Placement.Base = (60,80,0)
# 8 node quad --> quad8 #########################
quad8 = Fem.FemMesh()
quad8.addNode( 0, 10, 0, 1)
quad8.addNode(10, 10, 0, 2)
quad8.addNode(10, 0, 0, 3)
quad8.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 4)
quad8.addNode( 5, 10, 0, 5)
quad8.addNode(10, 5, 0, 6)
quad8.addNode( 5, 0, 0, 7)
quad8.addNode( 0, 5, 0, 8)
quad8.addFace([ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
quad8
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","quad8")
obj.FemMesh = quad8
obj.Placement.Base = (90,80,0)
obj.ViewObject.DisplayMode = "Nodes" # up to date only viewing nodes is implemented
#################################################
# Volumes
# 4 node tetrahedron --> tetra4 #################
tetra4 = Fem.FemMesh()
tetra4.addNode( 6, 12, 18, 1)
tetra4.addNode( 0, 0, 18, 2)
tetra4.addNode(12, 0, 18, 3)
tetra4.addNode( 6, 6, 0, 4)
tetra4.addVolume([ 1, 2, 3, 4])
tetra4
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","tetra4")
obj.FemMesh = tetra4
obj.Placement.Base = (0,50,0)
# 10 node tetrahedron --> tetra10 ###############
tetra10 = Fem.FemMesh()
tetra10.addNode( 6, 12, 18, 1)
tetra10.addNode( 0, 0, 18, 2)
tetra10.addNode(12, 0, 18, 3)
tetra10.addNode( 6, 6, 0, 4)
tetra10.addNode( 3, 6, 18, 5)
tetra10.addNode( 6, 0, 18, 6)
tetra10.addNode( 9, 6, 18, 7)
tetra10.addNode( 6, 9, 9, 8)
tetra10.addNode( 3, 3, 9, 9)
tetra10.addNode( 9, 3, 9,10)
tetra10.addVolume([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10])
tetra10
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","tetra10")
obj.FemMesh = tetra10
obj.Placement.Base = (30,50,0)
# 8 node Hexahedron --> hexa8 ###################
hexa8 = Fem.FemMesh()
hexa8.addNode( 0, 10, 10, 1)
hexa8.addNode( 0, 0, 10, 2)
hexa8.addNode(10, 0, 10, 3)
hexa8.addNode(10, 10, 10, 4)
hexa8.addNode( 0, 10, 0, 5)
hexa8.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 6)
hexa8.addNode(10, 0, 0, 7)
hexa8.addNode(10, 10, 0, 8)
hexa8.addVolume([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
hexa8
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","hexa8")
obj.FemMesh = hexa8
obj.Placement.Base = (60,50,0)
# 20 node Hexahedron --> hexa20 #################
hexa20 = Fem.FemMesh()
hexa20.addNode( 0, 10, 10, 1)
hexa20.addNode( 0, 0, 10, 2)
hexa20.addNode(10, 0, 10, 3)
hexa20.addNode(10, 10, 10, 4)
hexa20.addNode( 0, 10, 0, 5)
hexa20.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 6)
hexa20.addNode(10, 0, 0, 7)
hexa20.addNode(10, 10, 0, 8)
hexa20.addNode( 0, 5, 10, 9)
hexa20.addNode( 5, 0, 10, 10)
hexa20.addNode(10, 5, 10, 11)
hexa20.addNode( 5, 10, 10, 12)
hexa20.addNode( 0, 5, 0, 13)
hexa20.addNode( 5, 0, 0, 14)
hexa20.addNode(10, 5, 0, 15)
hexa20.addNode( 5, 10, 0, 16)
hexa20.addNode( 0, 10, 5, 17)
hexa20.addNode( 0, 0, 5, 18)
hexa20.addNode(10, 0, 5, 19)
hexa20.addNode(10, 10, 5, 20)
hexa20.addVolume([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20])
hexa20
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","hexa20")
obj.FemMesh = hexa20
obj.Placement.Base = (90,50,0)
obj.ViewObject.DisplayMode = "Nodes" # up to date only viewing nodes is implemented
# 6 node pentahedron --> penta6 #################
penta6 = Fem.FemMesh()
penta6.addNode(10,10,10, 1)
penta6.addNode( 0, 0,10, 2)
penta6.addNode(20, 0,10, 3)
penta6.addNode(10,10, 0, 4)
penta6.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 5)
penta6.addNode(20, 0, 0, 6)
penta6.addVolume([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
penta6
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","penta6")
obj.FemMesh = penta6
obj.Placement.Base = (0,0,0)
obj.ViewObject.DisplayMode = "Nodes" # up to date only viewing nodes is implemented
# 15 node pentahedron --> penta15 ###############
penta15 = Fem.FemMesh()
penta15.addNode(10,10,10, 1)
penta15.addNode( 0, 0,10, 2)
penta15.addNode(20, 0,10, 3)
penta15.addNode(10,10, 0, 4)
penta15.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 5)
penta15.addNode(20, 0, 0, 6)
penta15.addNode( 5, 5,10, 7)
penta15.addNode(10, 0,10, 8)
penta15.addNode(15, 5,10, 9)
penta15.addNode( 5, 5, 0,10)
penta15.addNode(10, 0, 0,11)
penta15.addNode(15, 5, 0,12)
penta15.addNode(10,10, 5,13)
penta15.addNode( 0, 0, 5,14)
penta15.addNode(20, 0, 5,15)
penta15.addVolume([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15])
penta15
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","penta15")
obj.FemMesh = penta15
obj.Placement.Base = (40,0,0)
obj.ViewObject.DisplayMode = "Nodes" # up to date only viewing nodes is implemented
# 5 node pyramid --> pyra5 ######################
pyra5 = Fem.FemMesh()
pyra5.addNode( 0,20, 0, 1)
pyra5.addNode(20,20, 0, 2)
pyra5.addNode(20, 0, 0, 3)
pyra5.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 4)
pyra5.addNode(10,10,10, 5)
pyra5.addVolume([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
pyra5
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","pyra5")
obj.FemMesh = pyra5
obj.Placement.Base = (80,0,0)
obj.ViewObject.DisplayMode = "Nodes" # up to date only viewing nodes is implemented
# 13 node pyramid --> pyra13 ####################
pyra13 = Fem.FemMesh()
pyra13.addNode( 0,20, 0, 1)
pyra13.addNode(20,20, 0, 2)
pyra13.addNode(20, 0, 0, 3)
pyra13.addNode( 0, 0, 0, 4)
pyra13.addNode(10,10,10, 5)
pyra13.addNode(10,20, 0, 6)
pyra13.addNode(20,10, 0, 7)
pyra13.addNode(10, 0, 0, 8)
pyra13.addNode( 0,10, 0, 9)
pyra13.addNode( 5,15, 5,10)
pyra13.addNode(15,15, 5,11)
pyra13.addNode(15, 5, 5,12)
pyra13.addNode( 5, 5, 5,13)
pyra13.addVolume([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13])
pyra13
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Fem::FemMeshObject","pyra13")
obj.FemMesh = pyra13
obj.Placement.Base = (120,0,0)
obj.ViewObject.DisplayMode = "Nodes" # up to date only viewing nodes is implemented