preCICE Workshop: training session on FSI, Mesh generation for CalculiX

[Makis]

I asked the same question in the CalculiX forum: Mesh generation for preCICE FSI training session - CalculiX (official versions are on www.calculix.de, the official GitHub repository is at https://github.com/Dhondtguido/CalculiX).

Related thread here:

How can I create a CalculiX mesh and configuration?

This is a common question we often face, as many of our tutorials use CalculiX as the structure solver. I am barely familiar with CalculiX and I just wanted to collect here some resources, together with you. Reading the CalculiX documentation (PDF on the website) and manually setting up a case is one option. Another option that some people have had good experiences with is using the FEM Workbench of FreeCAD. What other options do you know? What are common tips and tricks you can offer to the…