Where can I read an absolute beginner's instruction guide for Elmer?
- how to define the pieces under stress? (I.e. beams and columns...)
- what format they must be in? (How to export from a CAD like Vertex?)
- etc simple basic questions
I just don't understand how to start...
Beginner's Instruction Guide for Dummies? Where?
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Re: Beginner's Instruction Guide for Dummies? Where?
There is no such guide. One challenge in multiphysical codes is that users are interested in a large variety of things. Stress computation and Vertex already limit the field so much that it might not fit into a Elmer for Dummies guide.
Anaway, quickly browsing through Vertex homepage there seems to be two CAD formats in common with Vertex and the OpenCASCADE interface of ElmerGUI: iges and step. Try either of these to make your CAD and cross your fingers that netgen can deliver a proper mesh for you. If not look at the command line parameters of netgen in its manual.
Most of the documentation is in http://www.csc.fi/english/pages/elmer/documentation. The animated demo is a good starting point. Then try to solve something yourself by following some of the basic tutorials in the Elmer Tutorial Manual.
BR, Peter
Anaway, quickly browsing through Vertex homepage there seems to be two CAD formats in common with Vertex and the OpenCASCADE interface of ElmerGUI: iges and step. Try either of these to make your CAD and cross your fingers that netgen can deliver a proper mesh for you. If not look at the command line parameters of netgen in its manual.
Most of the documentation is in http://www.csc.fi/english/pages/elmer/documentation. The animated demo is a good starting point. Then try to solve something yourself by following some of the basic tutorials in the Elmer Tutorial Manual.
BR, Peter