Path to Software Agnosticism¶

flowchart LR subgraph inputs["Read"] direction TB I_IFC[".ifc<br/>IFC2x3 · IFC4 · IFC4x3"] I_STEP[".step / .stp"] I_SAT[".sat (ACIS)"] I_XML["Genie .xml<br/>concept model"] I_GNX[".gnx<br/>Genie workspace"] I_DEX["DEXPI .xml<br/>P&ID"] I_PY["Python code"] end ASM(["ada Assembly<br/>Part tree · beams · plates · shapes<br/>pipes · equipment · FEM"]) subgraph outputs["Write"] direction TB O_IFC[".ifc"] O_STEP[".step"] O_XML["Genie .xml"] O_GNX[".gnx<br/>(concept XML + ACIS body)"] O_DEX["DEXPI .xml"] O_MAC["AVEVA E3D .mac"] O_GLB[".glb / .gltf<br/>+ ADA_EXT_data"] end I_IFC -- "from_ifc" --> ASM I_STEP -- "from_step" --> ASM I_SAT -- "from_acis" --> ASM I_XML -- "from_genie_xml" --> ASM I_GNX -- "from_gnx" --> ASM I_DEX -- "from_dexpi" --> ASM I_PY --> ASM ASM -- "to_ifc" --> O_IFC ASM -- "to_stp" --> O_STEP ASM -- "to_genie_xml" --> O_XML ASM -- "to_gnx" --> O_GNX ASM -- "to_dexpi" --> O_DEX ASM -- "to_aveva_mac" --> O_MAC ASM -- "to_gltf" --> O_GLB I_STEP -. "native stream (adacpp)" .-> O_GLB I_IFC -. "native stream (adacpp)" .-> O_GLB click ASM href "architecture/core_model/" "The object model every format reads into" click I_IFC href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/ifc" "IFC reader and writers" click O_IFC href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/ifc" "IFC reader and writers" click I_STEP href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/step" "STEP readers, writers and streams" click O_STEP href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/step" "STEP readers, writers and streams" click I_SAT href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/sat" "ACIS SAT reader" click I_XML href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/gxml" "Genie XML" click O_XML href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/gxml" "Genie XML" click I_GNX href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/gxml" "Genie workspace" click O_GNX href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/gxml" "Genie workspace" click I_DEX href "dexpi/" "DEXPI: P&ID in, routed 3D model out" click O_DEX href "dexpi/" "DEXPI: P&ID in, routed 3D model out" click O_MAC href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/cadit/e3d" "AVEVA E3D macro writer" click O_GLB href "architecture/geometry_and_visualisation/#from-model-to-glb" "Model to GLB" click I_PY href "notebooks/design/parts_and_assemblies/" "Parts and assemblies"

flowchart LR ASM(["ada Assembly"]) subgraph mesh["Mesh"] direction TB GMSH["gmsh<br/>Part.to_fem_obj()"] FEM(["FEM<br/>nodes · elements · sets · sections<br/>loads · BCs · steps"]) end subgraph decks["Solver decks"] direction TB D_ABA["Abaqus .inp"] D_CCX["CalculiX .inp"] D_CA["Code_Aster .med + .comm"] D_SES["Sesam .FEM"] D_USF["Usfos .fem"] D_OC["OpenCourant .rad<br/>starter + engine"] end subgraph solvers["Solvers"] direction TB S_ABA[["Abaqus"]] S_CCX[["CalculiX"]] S_CA[["Code_Aster"]] S_SES[["Sesam / Sestra"]] S_OC[["OpenCourant<br/>explicit dynamics"]] end subgraph results["Results"] direction TB R_ODB[".odb"] R_FRD[".frd"] R_RMED[".rmed"] R_SIN[".SIN / .SIF"] R_ANIM[".radanim<br/>time history"] end RES(["FEAResult<br/>mesh + fields"]) subgraph post["Post-processing"] direction TB P_SHOW["res.show()<br/>viewer"] P_ART["viewer artefacts<br/>(Ada Studio)"] end ASM --> GMSH --> FEM D_ABA -- "from_fem" --> FEM D_CA -- "from_fem" --> FEM D_SES -- "from_fem" --> FEM FEM -- "to_fem" --> D_ABA & D_CCX & D_CA & D_SES & D_USF & D_OC D_ABA --> S_ABA --> R_ODB D_CCX --> S_CCX --> R_FRD D_CA --> S_CA --> R_RMED D_SES --> S_SES --> R_SIN D_OC --> S_OC --> R_ANIM R_ODB & R_FRD & R_RMED & R_SIN & R_ANIM -- "from_fem_res" --> RES RES -- "show" --> P_SHOW R_RMED & R_SIN & R_ANIM -- "streaming bake" --> P_ART click GMSH href "architecture/fea/#meshing-a-design-model" "Meshing a design model" click FEM href "architecture/fea/#the-fe-model-adafem" "The FE model" click D_ABA href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/fem/formats/abaqus" "Abaqus read/write/execute/results" click D_CCX href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/fem/formats/calculix" "CalculiX write/execute/results" click D_CA href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/fem/formats/code_aster" "Code_Aster read/write/execute/results" click D_SES href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/fem/formats/sesam" "Sesam read/write/execute/results" click D_USF href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/fem/formats/usfos" "Usfos writer" click D_OC href "https://github.com/Krande/adapy/tree/main/src/ada/fem/formats/opencourant" "OpenCourant write/execute/results" click S_CA href "fea/software/" "Installing the solvers" click S_CCX href "fea/software/" "Installing the solvers" click S_OC href "fea/software/#opencourant" "OpenCourant: explicit dynamics" click RES href "architecture/fea/#results-adafemresults" "FEAResult" click P_ART href "architecture/fea/#viewer-bake" "The streaming viewer bake"

import ada
from ada.base.types import GeomRepr

bm = ada.Beam("bm1", (0, 0, 0), (3, 0, 0), "IPE400", ada.Material("S420"))
p = ada.Part("structure") / bm
a = ada.Assembly("cantilever") / p

a.to_ifc("cantilever.ifc")  # to any IFC viewer or BIM tool
a.to_stp("cantilever.stp")  # to any CAD tool

bm.concept_fem.fix_end("n1")  # a support on the design object, not on mesh nodes
p.fem = p.to_fem_obj(0.1, GeomRepr.LINE)  # mesh with gmsh
a.fem.add_step(ada.fem.StepEigen("eig", num_eigen_modes=10))
res = a.to_fem("cantilever", "code_aster", overwrite=True, execute=True)

res.show()  # the mode shapes in the viewer: a browser tab from a script, inline in Jupyter

sequenceDiagram autonumber participant P as Python participant A as ada Assembly participant B as BIM / CAD tool participant F as FE solver participant V as Viewer P->>A: build beams, plates, parts A->>B: to_ifc() / to_stp() A->>A: to_fem_obj() · mesh with gmsh A->>F: to_fem(..., execute=True) · write deck, run F-->>A: result file → FEAResult A->>V: res.show()