We were recently asked how to import or create FEA meshes within the HOOPS WebViewer. We have two demos that visualize FEA data. Here is how we created the models:
https://cloud.techsoft3d.com/demos/steady-state-heat-transfer/
- Import the Creo piston file into Simscale, assigned materials and a heat source and solve for the steady state.
- Export results as a Nastran or ParaView file (I forget which it was)
- Use Paraview to convert the results into WRL, a file with independent vertex coloring that HOOPS Supports
- Convert the wrl file to a HOOPS SCZ file using the HOOPS Converter
- Using HOOPS Converter, create a shattered SCZ file of the original assembly and the results.
Looking back I would not create a shattered SCZ because it adds unnecessary complexity. Instead, load the converted file using model.loadSubtreeFromModel() and turn on and off it’s node visibility as needed.
https://techsoft3d.github.io/hwp-demo-cae-report/
This model was created using the stream cache authoring library, a C++ tool that programmatically builds up a model. We had the part’s tessellation and results data as CSV files and combined them into one model. I’ve updated the GitHub repo to include the authoring code.
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