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hfcMystran

Pre/Post processor for Mystran within FreeCAD.

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Background

Mystran is a general purpose finite element analysis computer program for structures that can be modeled as linear.

FreeCAD is an open source CAD/CAM solution.

Features

Currently this workbench contains the following tools:

1. Import Dat files

Import a Dat case file and draw mesh.

2. Run Mystran

Execture the Mystran binary which reads in the Dat file and writes the result into a Neu and a F06 file.

3. Show Results

Read in a Neu result file and draw the mesh and displacement.

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Prerequisites

  • Mystran v11
  • FreeCAD v0.19.x

Installation

Download as hfcMystran.zip and unzip it under FreeCad's Mod/ folder. The result is a new 'Mod/hfcMystran' folder with all the files.

This workbench is developed on Windows 10. No plan to support Linux. It has been run under Ubuntu.

Note: Mystran.exe file must be in Windows's PATH.

Use

  1. Start FreeCAD.
  2. Switch to hfcMystran workbench
  3. Start a New file
  4. Open a Dat case file

There is one test case under the Quickstart folder.

  1. Solve with Mystran
  2. Load result

It will add the result into the model tree. Double click it and a Show result window will pop up. Choose the one want to view, tick View, drag the scroll bar to change the view scale.

License

GPL v3.0 (see LICENSE file) + Not for commercial use. If you want to use commercially, ask at ceanwang at gmail . com

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