This is the first solver that was integrated to work with the FEM Workbench. These solvers are well integrated into FreeCAD, which means that it's possible to set up and run a simulation project from the graphical interface and buttons in the FEM Workbench. The information is also discussed in the forum: supported and not supported Solver. This information is useful to know if a solver is current, or out of date and must be upgraded. The page shows the version of a particular solver in the repository of a particular Linux distribution. The FEM.md page looks at available open source FEA solvers that could be used with the FEM Workbench. The FreeCAD-dependencies repository tracks the dependencies of FreeCAD across many Linux distribution. A comparison can be found on .Īvailable solvers in various Linux distributions

Wikipedia lists many finite element software packages. A forum topic to discuss and announce anything regarding the various solvers can be found here: General FEM solvers discussion topic. This means that in theory any solver which can be configured and controlled by means of text files is able to work together with FreeCAD a proper parser and writer of input and output files needs to be programmed for this communication to work. The interface between a solver and FreeCAD in pre-processing as well as post-processing is done through text files. This page collects information on the finite element solvers used by the FEM Workbench. 3 Solvers implemented as external workbenches.1.1 Available solvers in various Linux distributions.

Freecad openfoam