FEM and BESO

[anno15]

Hello,

is it with FreeCAD 20.1 already possible to calculate BESO with FEM workbench out of the box? Otherwise a implementation of this macro would be a nice feature.

https://github.com/calculix/beso

Youtube video: https://youtu.be/VQINrNWdOHo

[bernd]

moved to FEM

[NewJoker]

BESO still has a form of a macro. @fandaL is the dev and thus may tell you more about this.

[fandaL]

I had a plan to redo the macro long time ago. Implementation directly to the FEM wb would be another step, ideally using fcFEM. Anyway, thank you for the interest.

[rrestep]

I love the idea of the generative design and I'm trying it on a part made in FreeCAD. I have followed the video and when I run the macro, I get the error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'beso_lib'. Any ideas on this error. Thanks for any help.

[fandaL]

Check if you unpacked all files to the FreeCAD macro directory:
beso_conf.py, beso_fc_gui.py, beso_filters.py, beso_lib.py, beso_main.py, beso_plots.py, beso_separate.py

[rrestep]

Yes here is a screen shot of my folder. I'm using Windows 11 with FreeCAD 0.20.1

[fandaL]

Can you provide full error message when running beso_fc_gui?
What happens if you just open FreeCAD and type
import beso_lib
to the python console? Does the error appear?
For me it works well on windows if I change FreeCAD macro directory, place there some python file and use import. Using spaces or other special characters in the path might cause troubles.

[rrestep]

Sorry fandL, I haven't had a chance to try what you suggested. Maybe this evening when I get home from work.

[rrestep]

Hi fandL, it did not work trying to import beso_lib in the python console but I decided to try in on Version 19 of Freecad and it worked fine. I'm just wondering if it is an add-on that I downloaded in version 20 that isn't in version 19 that could be the problem. Have you heard of anything like this before?

Thanks and best regards,