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5.1 Creating Geometry

FEBio Studio offers several geometry and mesh creation tools. Most of these tools can be found on the Build panel and its sub-panels. The Build panel offers the following sub-panels:

Create This panel has tools for creating primitive geometries.

Edit The Edit panel is used to change geometry parameters of shape.

Mesh The Mesh panel is used to mesh the selected object.

Tools Several specialized tools for creating and editing geometry and meshes can be found here.

The following sections describe the features of these panels in more detail.

Although FEBioStudio is not designed to be a mesh generator, it has a few features to create simple geometries and meshes. Most of these options are available from the Create panel, which is a sub-panel of the Build panel. At the top it shows the various creation options.

  • Primitives: Create simple geometric shapes.

  • Discrete Objects: Create springs

  • CAD Objects: Create geometry via CAD-like generation methods.

The most commonly used creation option is primitives. When selected, a list of available primitives is shown. When selecting a primitive, its creation parameters are shown. After entering the desired values, click the Create button to create the primitive and add it to the model. The new object will be automatically selected in the Graphics View and shown in the Model Viewer.

After a primitive is created, its parameters can be changed in the Edit panel.