FEM project

This is the project plan for the FreeCAD FEM integration as part of the Development roadmap.

Units

Units

Length	Time	Mass	Force	Pressure	Velocity	Density	Energy	Gravity
m	s	kg	kg m/s2	N/m2	m/s	kg/m3	kgm2/s2	9.81
m	s	kg	N	Pa	m/s	m kg/l	J	9.81
m	s	g	mN	mPa	m/s	micro kg/l	mJ	9.81
m	s	Mg (ton)	kN	kPa	m/s	kg/l	kJ	9.81
m	ms	kg	MN	MPa	km/s	m kg/l	MJ	9.81e-6
m	ms	g	kN	kPa	km/s	micro kg/l	kJ	9.81e-6
m	ms	Mg (ton)	GN	GPa	km/s	kg/l	GJ	9.81e-6
mm	s	kg	mN	kPa	mm/s	M kg/l	micro J	9.81e+3
mm	s	g	micro N	Pa	mm/s	g/mm3	nJ	9.81e+3
mm	s	Mg (ton)	N	MPa	mm/s	Mg/mm3	mJ	9.81e+3
mm	ms	kg	kN	GPa	m/s	M	kg/l J	9.81e-3
mm	ms	g	N	MPa	m/s	k kg/l	mJ	9.81e-3
mm	ms	Mg (ton)	MN	TPa	m/s	G kg/l	kJ	9.81e-3
cm	ms	g	daN	10^5 Pa (bar)	dam/s	kg/l	dJ	9.81e-4
cm	ms	kg	10^4 N (kdaN)	10^8 Pa (kbar)	dam/s	k kg/l	hJ	9.81e-4
cm	ms	Mg (ton) 10^7	N(MdaN)	10^11 Pa (Mbar)	dam/s	M kg/l	10^5 J	9.81e-4

Brainstorming

Potential meshers

See FEM Mesh

Potential solvers

See FEM Solver

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
• Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties; Help FreeCAD, Donate

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• Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
• Workbenches: Std Base; Arch, Draft, FEM, Image, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Path, Points, Raytracing, Reverse Engineering, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web
• Deprecated or unmaintained workbenches: Complete, Drawing, Robot

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• Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub