FEM Mesh CalculiX
FEM element types in CalculiX
For detailed information on FreeCAD FEM elements see FEM Mes and FEM Element Types.
Segment element
seg2 FreeCAD nodes | seg3 FreeCAD nodes |
seg2 (B31) CalculiX nodes | seg3 (B32) CalculiX nodes |
FreeCAD → CalculiX, Nodes | |
N1, N2 | N1, N3, N2 |
Triangle element
Quadratic element
Tetrahedron element
The following node order is not implemented ! TODO: verify node order (do not forget getccxVolumesByFace()).
Hexahedron element
Pentahedron element
FEM
- Materials: Solid, Fluid, Nonlinear mechanical, Reinforced (concrete); Material editor
- Element geometry: Beam (1D), Beam rotation (1D), Shell (2D), Fluid flow (1D)
Constraints
- Electromagnetic: Electrostatic potential, Current density, Magnetization
- Geometrical: Plane rotation, Section print, Transform
- Mechanical: Fixed, Displacement, Contact, Tie, Spring, Force, Pressure, Centrif, Self weight
- Thermal: Initial temperature, Heat flux, Temperature, Body heat source
- 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