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* '''contributor''': Stefan Radl
* '''affiliation''': Technische Universität Graz, Austria
* '''contact''': <mail address='radl@tugraz.at' description='author'>click here for email address</mail>
* '''OpenFOAM version''': any (tested for 4.0 and 5.0)
* '''Published under''': CC BY-SA license ([https://creativecommons.org/licenses creative commons licenses])

Go back to [https://wiki.openfoam.com/index.php?title=Day_2 Day 2].

Go back to [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Collection_by_authors#Stefan_Radl '''Stefan's collection''']

=Intro and Purpose=

The tutorial below will explain what [https://www.freecadweb.org '''FreeCAD'''] is, and why you should consider it to use it in connection with OpenFOAM. The "CfdOF" module ("workbench) in FreeCAD is briefly discussed, since it demonstrates a direct integration of FreeCAD with OpenFOAM.

The FreeCAD file and the resulting case (written by CfdOF) can be found  [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/SessionD_freeCad_templateCase_1_internalFlow.zip '''HERE''']

=Geometry and Surface Mesh Generation with FreeCAD=

[[File:SessionD_header.png|500px|right|]]

The training material is split into the following sessions:
* [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/Session_D_1.mp4 '''D.1: Introduction''']

* [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/Session_D_2.mp4 '''D.2: Overview & Spreadsheet Basics''']

* [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/Session_D_3.mp4 '''D.3: Spreadsheet and Sketches''']

* [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/Session_D_4.mp4 '''D.4: From sketch to 3D body''']

* [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/Session_D_5.mp4 '''D.5: 3D Model  and Facebinder''']

* [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/Session_D_6.mp4 '''D.6: Facebinder coloring and STL Surface Mesh''']

* [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/Session_D_7.mp4 '''D.7: STL naming, scaling, and export''']

* [https://tu4u.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Institute/IPPT/Area-PharmEng_Particles/SoftwareTraining/OpenFOAM/3_SessionD_FreeCAD/Session_D_8.mp4 '''D.8: The CfdOF Workbench''']