FEM Mesh CalculiX
FEM Element Types
Segment element
Triangle element
Quadratic element
Tetrahedron element
Hexahedron element
hex8 FreeCAD nodes | hex20 FreeCAD nodes |
hex8 FreeCAD nodes element rotated | hex20 FreeCAD nodes element rotated |
File:Hexa8--fc rotated.png | File:Hexa20--fc rotated.png |
hex8 (C3D8) CalculiX nodes | hex20 (C3D20) CalculiX nodes |
FreeCAD | |
N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8 | N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14, N15, N16, N17, N18, N19, N20 |
CalculiX | |
N1, N4, N3, N2, N5, N8, N7, N6 | N1, N4, N3, N2, N5, N8, N7, N6, N12, N11, N10, N9 , N16, N15, N14, N13, N17, N20, N19, N18 |
Pentahedron element
penta8 FreeCAD nodes | penta15 FreeCAD nodes |
File:Penta8--fc.png | |
penta8 FreeCAD nodes element rotated | penta15 FreeCAD nodes element rotated |
File:Penta8--fc rotated.png | File:Penta15--fc rotated.png |
penta8 (C3D6) CalculiX nodes | penta15 (C3D15) CalculiX nodes |
File:Penta8--ccx.png | |
FreeCAD | |
N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6 | N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14, N15 |
CalculiX | |
N1, | N1, |