FEM Mesh

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FEM Mesh Datastructure inside FreeCAD

Element Types

FEM Element Types --> may be move here

Scripting

FEM Python Scripting --> may be move here

Create a FEM Mesh

There are different possibilities to create a FEM Mesh in FreeCAD:

  • use Gui tool
  • use the Gui tool by Python
  • use 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.

There have been mixed results with the Netgen mesher and the compilation of FreeCAD with Netgen support, as such FreeCAD forum user psicofil provided a GMSHMesh Macro to allow users to use GMSH instead.

Import/Export

[Not implemented yet].

ToDo's

  • introduction Fem meshes.
  • up to date from in FreeCAD used Solver supported FEM Element Types
    • link to solver page CalculiX (ToDo)
  • move FEM Mesh related stuff from Main Page here
  • How to create a FEM Mesh in FreeCAD
    • link to Gui-Tools
    • Import see Import/Export but make link to gmsh here because it uses import functionalitiy macro uses import
    • Make FEM Mesh by Hand in Python
  • Import and Export of FEM Meshes


Fem Workbench