Hello all,
I want to create a 3d structure, but I need to calculate the deformation with different sections than that are available ( Rectangular, circular, pipe). I need a Rectangular pipe. Is there a way to define a custom section beam?
custom cross section for beam FEM
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- mwlandolsi
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Re: custom cross section for beam FEM
CalculiX supports it but FreeCAD doesn't at the moment. You would have to edit the input file manually. Details are described in this thread: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=60808
- mwlandolsi
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Re: custom cross section for beam FEM
Thank you. I will give it a try.
Re: custom cross section for beam FEM
There's an exemplary input file userbeam.inp in CalculiX test examples package if you need some reference in addition to the ccx documentation. Just be careful since you may encounter some bugs with this type of beam element. Two of them were reported on the CalculiX forum, one was fixed in ccx 2.18 but the other one still persists (it shouldn't be present in the next version though).