Interfaces
In order to provide user friendly interfaces, the model reduction feature has been integrated in the SAMCEF FIELD and in MS Excel as illustrated on the following picture.
At top level, the user uses SAMCEF FIELD to create his 3D model, to define reduction settings and to perform the extraction of the reduced model. SAMCEF FIELD automatically calls OOFELIE that apply the appropriate reduction algorithm to the model and generate a model of super element. The super element model, that is parameterised, can be imported in MS Excel, thanks to a dedicated interfaced that has been developed. Using this MS Excel interface, illustrated on the following pictures, the user can easily define the boundary conditions and excitation to apply on the model and define the simulation settings.
Once a simulation is performed, the results are automatically displayed in the MS Excel interface, including numerical values and plots, according to the user selection.
Results computed on the reduced model can also be expanded to the initial 3D model and exported to be visualised in SAMCEF FIELD. MS Excel is here used as an interface. The management of the reduced models (including accessing the definition, performing the simulations and exporting results) is performed by OOFELIE that behaves as a Python server.