Felt in FEM Workbench

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Re: Felt in FEM Workbench

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To compile FreeCAD I use this script ... https://github.com/berndhahnebach/FreeC ... Qt5_Py3.sh

your way on debuging seam good to me.

Do you have a github where I can see your code? I might have an idea too where the problem is.
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Re: Felt in FEM Workbench

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bernd wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 7:03 pm To compile FreeCAD I use this script ... https://github.com/berndhahnebach/FreeC ... Qt5_Py3.sh
+1
That's a well written script.
I have a few doubts:

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
Why go for the dist-upgrade?
Also, whats the function of the y flag?

bernd wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 7:03 pm your way on debugging seam good to me.
s/seam/seems/
Thanks! :)

bernd wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 7:03 pm Do you have a github where I can see your code? I might have an idea too where the problem is.
Its here.
Though I haven't committed the latest changes.
I was planning to commit after getting the felt solver to execute properly.
Should I just commit the latest changes and push them?
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Re: Felt in FEM Workbench

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Sudhanshu wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 6:55 pm Investigating that, I got to know about the subprocess library of python which is used in tasks.py.
And it looks really interesting ;)
So now I will explore this, run the solver in python (outside of FreeCAD) and implement that tasks.py.
So I did the investigation and now I know the basics of subprocess.
Also, I was able to run felt solver using python with the following code:

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>>> p = subprocess.Popen(["felt","beam.flt"], cwd="/home/sudhanshu/Documents/Python/", stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
and print(p.communicate()[0]) would give me the output that I needed.

But now I am confused as to what we are doing in the tasks.py :?:
I completely understand this part:

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binary = '/usr/bin/felt'  # if something goes wrong the binary path could be set for debugging
        if binary is not None:
      	    self._process = subprocess.Popen(
                [binary, infile],
                cwd=self.directory,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
            self.signalAbort.add(self._process.terminate)
But what are we doing here:

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output = self._observeSolver(self._process)
Where is _observeSolver() defined and what is it doing with the subprocess.
Why are we later on deleting "output" without seemingly doing nothing with it?

And I think I better start writing comments for the code, which bring up the question why aren't there much comments in the file of FEM module?
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Re: Felt in FEM Workbench

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in the regard of the compile script. This runs for me on a vagrant box, means on a clean fresh debian buster, thus I upgrade the box to the latest version.You do not need this. The -y is to overcome the questions ask. "Do you really would like to install?" etc. With -y the script passes by all the questions.

Eventually, start the script, go and get yourself a caffee or a beer, enjoy the beer, come back to your computer aftet a while use fresh compiled FreeCAD :D

In the regard of comments, yes there should be more in FEM.
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Re: Felt in FEM Workbench

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Sudhanshu wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 7:41 pmWhy go for the dist-upgrade?
Also, whats the function of the y flag?
Though "bernd" has answered. Assuming you to be hacker (on the basis of your approach/discussion/progress in this Forum), mine answer would have been:

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man apt-get
Of course, it would have missed his advise that give task to computer, in batch processing mode, and enjoy life. That is difference between GUI user who, (play with mouse, and computer keep engaging him) and a hacker, who wish to automate everything.

https://fossbytes.com/this-lazy-program ... f-his-job/
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