fem analisys on carbon tube frame gmesh warnings...

[josheeg]

Here is what I have as aluminum in the picture it is a windows 10 newest freecad no other programs.

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The connector for the tubes that has the exact OD as the tubes ID so I wonder if the material choice and the assembly didnt properly manafold like I expected. In other words maby if I want to assemble something make the bolts bigger than the holes so the boolian merge in assembly2 or part workbench can make them manafold to do fem on them?

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[bernd]

WOuld you post your FreeCAD info, it seams you run 0.17 stable ... The aluminium got an fix in 0.18 ... git commit 0c6ed4

[josheeg]

I will soon thanks it's great to know those are working. And thanks for showing how it was fixed in git I like how it version controls.

Can things be assembled and fem Ed?

Is it a mux in fem I should use and should things be bigger than the hole so the meshes overlap to make it boolian join and weld the manafold step file for fem?

[bernd]

depends ... if you would like to use two different materials, no they should not overlap, they should share a face, the connection face. A CompSolid is your friend. Use Part Boolean Fragment to create them. See FEM_Shear_of_a_Composite_Block

[josheeg]

I tried 0.18 that is not a official release and I still got a error in the bottom left corner when I selected it in windows 10. it was aluminum number ...

[josheeg]

So if I want to do a fem analysis on a carbon fiber tube system from dragon plate. I would get the tube properties and assume the aluminum connectors are similar in strength. Then I should boolian join them by making the parts that connect make one side larger. ?

The overlap could even represent the chemical welds.