FEM Solver

Preface
This page collects information on the finite element solvers used by the FEM Workbench. The interface between a solver and FreeCAD in pre-processing as well as post-processing is done through text files. 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.

Solver version in various Linux distributions

 * See https://github.com/luzpaz/FreeCAD-dependencies/blob/master/FC-Workbenches/FEM.md
 * (also mentioned in forum post https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=26326&start=10#p270325)

CalculiX

 * FEM_CalculiX

Elmer

 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=22576
 * https://www.csc.fi/web/elmer
 * https://github.com/ElmerCSC/elmerfem

Z88

 * https://en.z88.de/z88os/
 * https://en.z88.de/download-z88os/
 * https://github.com/LSCAD/Z88OS (source code, binary for win, lin, osx)
 * Z88os V13 released 20.05.2009 https://forum.z88.de/viewtopic.php?t=90 (Version in Debian Jessie, Stretch, Buster)
 * Z88os V15 released 17.07.2017 https://forum.z88.de/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=885
 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=23318

OpenFoam

 * Initial forum topic: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=21576
 * There is an own subforum: FEM -> CFD

Dualsphysics

 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=20595

Fenics

 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4677

List on Wikipedia

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_finite_element_software_packages

Agros2D

 * http://www.hpfem.org/hermes/
 * http://www.agros2d.org/

Code Aster

 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=2839
 * https://www.code-aster.org/

Felt

 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17061&start=20#p268503
 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33463
 * http://felt.sourceforge.net/
 * https://github.com/Sudhanshu-Dubey14/felt

Frame3dd

 * http://frame3dd.sourceforge.net/
 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=19428
 * https://github.com/pslack/frame3dd

Impact FEM

 * http://www.impact-fem.org/

Modelica

 * https://www.modelica.org/
 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32556
 * Python: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32556#p272632

Mumps

 * http://mumps-solver.org/
 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=15568&start=20#p126087

Nastran

 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=12753

OOFEM

 * http://www.oofem.org/
 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=15568&start=20#p126338

OpenSees

 * http://opensees.berkeley.edu/

Technog

 * Closed Source
 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=26772

XC

 * http://www.xcengineering.xyz/
 * https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31262