Finite Element Analysis in Python and Blender - Analysis Walkthrough

[@FBPrepping]

Dude. That was amazing. This sort of analysis back in the 90s when I was a freshman at college was only for a few chosen ones. Now I can design my own pieces while having a homemade latte in my own PC. Never learn to use Blender but as a CNCer looking to stablish a home-based business, I´m going to need it. Thanks!

[@DrSeanCarroll]

Glad you found it helpful Jose - good luck with your business 👍

[@ihabchenine7029]

I just discovered this Chanel, this is gold for me, as a blender loving mechanical engineer

[@iankaranja7765]

Not to be that guy but you can easily rename objects in the Outliner by double clicking. (Hurts when I see you go through the menus so many times). Great video!

[@evanlane1690]

Also, F2 renames the selected entity.

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

Hi there. An easy way to fix the curve distortion of the cut and remeshed loops, that works for all types of hard modeling boolean cutouts, is to use the "backup", go into edit mode on the backup, select the edge loops at the top and bottom, and subdivide a few times (not using the modifier, using the right click option on those loops specifically). Then shrinkwrap modifier (and apply) the cut loops on the remeshed object to the new smooth guides. This would speed up and automate the process to a degree, and make it more precise (less eyeballing).

[@DrSeanCarroll]

Cheers 👍

[@user-nr1qm8ie3h]

Is there an open source Python program that can draw stress, strain, and other post-processing results? thank you

[@DrSeanCarroll]

Not that I'm aware of but it's pretty straightforward to implement yourself.

[@revitreinforcement]

Awesome videos! How do you build your website? Wordpress or your own code? And how did you get blender on your homepage and even create a truss based on user inputs (2D truss analysis Toolbox) Would be great to see that! Thanks and keep up the great work

[@DrSeanCarroll]

Hi, both. Half Wordpress (degreetutors.com) and half custom code (labs.degreetutors.com). The truss toolbox front end is built using Three.js...you can do anything with a little perseverance :) Cheers!

[@Yassinebridii]

Great video, i'm just learning blender for my 3D printing modeling, and wondering is it better to use blender for stress analysis or something like solidworks. i really want to use blender though.

[@DrSeanCarroll]

Hi. I use blender for visualisation. The stress analysis itself is handled in separately in Python code we write. If you just want to get the tress analysis done, and don't want to learn how it works, under the hood, just use SolidWorks.

[@Fergeros1048]

That is really cool. I am not following the course but i cant wait to do it. Is it possible to execute the python code directly in blender? Congrats from Spain.

[@DrSeanCarroll]

Yeah sure…no reason why not 👍

[@jadabi7867]

top!

[@NTC]

Can you please share the dimensions of this beam? I just wanna test my own code. Thanks

[@architecture8770]

Sir just double click the object in collections to rename it

[@DrSeanCarroll]

I know, I've been using Blender for years and this is what I would usually do but I swear I tried this, and for some reason it would not work for me! But thanks!

[@ihabchenine7029]

Do you think it would be possible making a add-on on blender for fea, I would love to work on that 🤔

[@DrSeanCarroll]

Watch this space 😉

[@sauravshrestha1890]

Is it possible to export the simulated files with those vertex colors from Blender to Other game engines like Unity?

[@DrSeanCarroll]

I can't speak much to Unity but importing/exporting data from Blender is pretty straightforward.

[@sauravshrestha1890]

@@DrSeanCarroll thank you. I am going through your 3D FEA COURSE and just quickly glancing through, I found that the BMD and SFD are plotted using matplotlib instead. I was wondering if the vertex colors and the force diagrams could be plotted in blender and exported instead?

[@DrSeanCarroll]

Sure. Start by taking a look at this video where I take axial force data from a python solver and visualise it in Blender... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iF62q3xpqbaLrbs Also, if you're taking one of my courses - best to ask for support within the course, so I definitely see it - KZbin comments are hit and miss for me. Seán

[@shuomengzhang9516]

I am not familiar with blender, maybe I will try after few months, but I can't help trying do fea code with python. see this comment in two month...

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

Seven month. Progress?

[@shuomengzhang9516]

@@isaiahdaniels5643 when i saw your reply, i am sad really, because there is no progress... sorry for this seven month.

[@leosmi1]

The modeling part is too hard

[@DrSeanCarroll]

You should probably consider taking the full course. www.degreetutors.com/isoparametric-finite-element-analysis-of-continuum-structures-in-python/