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CalculiX USER'S MANUAL
- CalculiX GraphiX, Version 2.16 -

Klaus Wittig

**Figure 1:** A complex model made from scratch using second order brick elements
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Contents
Introduction
Concept
File Formats
Getting Started
Program Parameters
Input Devices
- Mouse
- Keyboard
Menu
- Datasets
  - Entity
- Viewing
- Animate
- Frame
- Zoom
- Center
- Enquire
- Cut
- Graph
- User
- Orientation
- Hardcopy
- Help
- Quit
Customization
Commands
- anim
- area
- asgn
- bia
- body
- break
- call
- cntr
- col
- comp
- copy
- corrad
- csysa
- cut
- del
- dist
- div
- ds
- elem
- else
- else if
- elty
- endif
- endwhile
- enq
- eprop
- eqal
- exit
- fil
- flip
- flpc
- font
- frame
- gbod
- gonly
- graph
- grpa
- grps
- gsur
- gtol
- hcpy
- help
- if
- int
- init
- lcmb
- length
- line
- lnor
- mata
- map
- mats
- max
- maxr
- menu
- merg
- mesh
- mids
- min
- minr
- minus
- mm
- move
- movi
- msg
- mshp
- neigh
- node
- norm
- nurl
- nurs
- ori
- plot
- plus
- pnt
- prnt
- proj
- qadd
- qali
- qbia
- qbod
- qcnt
- qcut
- qdel
- qdis
- qdiv
- qenq
- qfil
- qflp
- qint
- qlin
- qmsh
- qnor
- qpnt
- qnod
- qrem
- qseq
- qshp
- qspl
- qsur
- qtxt
- quit
- read
- rep
- rnam
- rot
- save
- scal
- send
- seqa
- seqc
- seql
- seta
- setc
- sete
- seti
- seto
- setr
- shpe
- split
- stack
- steps
- surf
- swep
- sys
- test
- thrs
- tra
- trfm
- txt
- ucut
- ulin
- val
- valu
- view
- volu
- while
- wpos
- wsize
- zap
- zoom
Element Types
Result Format
- Model Header Record
- User Header Record
- Nodal Point Coordinate Block
- Element Definition Block
- Parameter Header Record
- Nodal Results Block
Pre-defined Calculations
- Von Mises Equivalent Stress
- Von Mises Equivalent Strain
- Principal Stresses
- Principal Strains
- maxShear Stresses
- Cylindrical Stresses
Meshing rules
User-Functions
Known Problems
- Program is not responding
- Program generates a segmentation fault
Tips and Hints
- How to change the format of the movie file
- How to get the sets from a geo- or ccx-inp file for post-processing
- How to define a set of entities
- How to enquire node numbers and values at certain locations
- How to select only nodes on the surface
- How to write values to a file
- How to generate a user dataset
- How to generate a time-history plot
- How the mesh is related to the geometry
- How to change the order of elements
- How to connect independent meshes
- How to define loads and constraints
- How to map loads
- How to run cgx in batch mode
- How to process results
- How to deal with cad-geometry
- How to check an input file for ccx
- Remarks Concerning Ansys
- Remarks Concerning Code Aster
- Remarks Concerning dolfyn
- Remarks Concerning Duns and Isaac
- Remarks Concerning Nastran
- Remarks Concerning NETGEN
- Remarks Concerning OpenFOAM
- Remarks Concerning Samcef
Simple Examples
- Disc
- Cylinder
- Sphere
- Sphere (Volume)
- Airfoil for cfd codes
- If and while demo
- Data storage in a user dataset
- User File Parser
Bibliography
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CalculiX USER'S MANUAL - CalculiX GraphiX, Version 2.16 -

CalculiX USER'S MANUAL
- CalculiX GraphiX, Version 2.16 -