Calculix
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | showblankpositional=1 | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox software with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y | AsOf | author | background | bodystyle | caption | collapsetext | collapsible | developer | discontinued | engine | engines | genre | included with | language | language count | language footnote | latest preview date | latest preview version | latest release date | latest release version | latest_preview_date | latest_preview_version | latest_release_date | latest_release_version | licence | license | logo | logo alt | logo caption | logo upright | logo size | logo title | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_upright | logo_size | logo_title | middleware | module | name | operating system | operating_system | other_names | platform | programming language | programming_language | released | replaced_by | replaces | repo | screenshot | screenshot alt | screenshot upright | screenshot size | screenshot title | screenshot_alt | screenshot_upright | screenshot_size | screenshot_title | service_name | size | standard | title | ver layout | website | qid }}Template:Main other CalculiX is a free and open-source finite-element analysis application that uses an input format similar to Abaqus. It has an implicit and explicit solver (CCX) written by Guido Dhondt and a pre- and post-processor (CGX) written by Klaus Wittig.<ref name="CalculiX website">CalculiX website.</ref> The original software was written for the Linux<ref>How To Install CalculiX 2.6 multi-thread under Ubuntu 11.04 and later.</ref> operating system. Convergent Mechanical has ported the application to the Windows operating system.<ref name="Convergent Mechanical's website">Convergent Mechanical's website.</ref>
The pre-processor component of CalculiX can generate grid data for the computational fluid dynamics programs duns, ISAAC and OpenFOAM. It can also generate input data for the commercial FEM programs Nastran, Ansys and Abaqus.<ref>CalculiX Review by iMechanica.</ref> The pre-processor can also generate mesh data from STL files. <ref name="CGX Documentation">CGX Documentation.</ref>
There is an active online community that provides support at Discourse.<ref name="CalculiX Discourse Group">CalculiX Discourse Group.</ref> Convergent Mechanical also provides installation support for their extended version of CalculiX for Windows.<ref name="Convergent Mechanical's website"/>
There is a friendly CalculiX Launcher<ref name="CalculiX Launcher sourceforge">CalculiX Launcher (SourceForge).</ref> with CCX wizard for both Windows and Linux. <ref name="CalculiX Launcher">CalculiX Launcher.</ref>
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A Python library, pycalculix,<ref name="pycalculix website">pycalculix website.</ref> was written to automate the creation of CalculiX models in the Python programming language. The library provides Python access to building, loading, meshing, solving, and querying CalculiX results for 2D models. Pycalculix was written by Justin Black. Examples and tutorials are available on the pycalculix site.<ref name="pycalculix website"/>
FreeCAD has developed a FEM workbench that automates the creation of CalculiX models.
There is a lot good examples of use of CalculiX<ref name="Prof. Martin Kraska">CalculiX examples.</ref> by Prof. Martin Kraska, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences.
Official repository at Github is https://github.com/Dhondtguido/CalculiX.
LiteratureEdit
- Guido Dhondt: "The Finite Element Method for Three-Dimensional Thermomechanical Applications". Wiley, Hoboken 2004, Template:ISBN
- CCX v2.18 documentation
- CGX v2.18 documentation
- Getting Started Guide
- FreeCAD FEM workbench for CalCulix