FEM MaterialEditor

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FEM

FEM MaterialEditor
Menu location
Model → Materials → Material editor
Workbenches
FEM, Arch
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.18
See also
Material, Arch SetMaterial, FEM tutorial

Description

The Material Editor allows you to edit and save the information contained in a FreeCAD material. Currently such materials are used by the FEM and Arch workbenches.

Usage

The material editor can currently be accessed by either:

1. Arch Workbench:
   • The Material button.
   • The menu Arch → Material tools → Material entry.
2. FEM Workbench:
   • The Material editor button.
   • The menu Model → Materials → Material editor entry.

Options

• Browser button: Opens the contents of the URL property in a browser
• Material card: Allows to choose a preset to fill in the fields
• Open: Opens a .FCMat file
• Save as: Saves the contents of the editor as a new .FCMat file
• Preview: Not implemented yet
• Properties editor: Allows to edit the contents of the material properties
• Add property: Allows to add a new custom property
• Delete property: Deletes a selected property. Only custom properties can be deleted

Note:

• The OK and Cancel buttons have the same effect when the Material editor is not used to edit directly the material property of an existing object.

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FEM

FEM

• FEM Analysis

• Materials: Solid, Fluid, Nonlinear mechanical; Material editor

• Element geometry: Beam (1D), Beam rotation (1D), Shell (2D), Fluid flow (1D)

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Constraints

• Electrostatic: Potential

• Fluid: Initial velocity, Fluid boundary, Flow velocity

• Mechanical: Fixed, Displacement, Plane rotation, Contact, Transform, Force, Pressure, Self weight, Bearing, Gear, Pulley

• Thermal: Initial temperature, Heat flux, Temperature, Heat source

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• Mesh: Mesh Netgen, Mesh GMSH, Mesh boundary layer, Mesh region, Mesh group, Nodes set, Mesh to mesh

• Solve: Calculix tools, CalculiX, Elmer, Z88; Equations: Heat, Elasticity, Electrostatic, Flux, Flow; 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, Line clip filter, Stress linearization plot, Data at point clip filter, Create functions

• Utilities: Clipping plane, Remove clipping planes; Mesh clear, Mesh display info

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• Additional: Preferences; FEM Install, FEM Mesh, FEM Solver, FEM CalculiX, FEM Concrete; FEM Element Types

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