Structural analysis
Stop repeating the same post-processing by hand.
In complex structures, identical or similar components — beams, panels, interfaces, connections — are justified the same way again and again. FeResPost lets you write that logic once and run it on every model and every load case.
Read models and results
Nastran models from BDF or OP2 files, results from OP2, XDB or HDF5. Samcef models from DAT files, results from DES/FAC files.
Automate repetitive tasks
Create connections, modify element properties, build temperature or force fields, combine and extract results — without manual steps.
Program your way
Ruby, Python, C++, C, C# or VBA in Excel: from a ten-line script to a full program with your own classes and modules.
More about the libraryA typical post-processing script
- 01Read the modelNastran BDF or OP2, Samcef DAT
- 02Build groupsFrom Patran session files
- 03Extract resultsOP2, XDB, HDF5, DES/FAC — with random access for XDB and HDF5
- 04Combine and reportIn your scripts, programs or Excel workbooks
System requirements
Solvers, formats and platforms
Nastran
- Models
- BDF, OP2
- Groups
- Patran session files
- Results
- OP2, XDB, HDF5
For modal or dynamic response results, HDF5 files are recommended: they are generally more efficient.
Samcef
- Models
- DAT from a “.sauve banque” Bacon command
- Results
- DES, FAC
Results can be read entirely or accessed randomly.
Distributions
- Ruby extension
- Linux, Windows
- COM component
- Windows
- .NET assembly
- Windows
- C++ sources
- Compile for other systems
Get started
Up and running in three steps
Download
Choose a version, then the archive for your system: linux, win32 or win64. Sources, examples and the PDF manual are available too.
Go to DownloadsInstall
Configure the binaries for Ruby, Python or your COM client. Many Office installations are 32-bit: pick the 32-bit COM component for them.
Installation guideLearn by example
Ruby and Python scripts, C# programs and Excel workbooks, presented in order of increasing complexity: a real tutorial.
Browse the examplesDocumentation
The User Manual covers every class and method
It presents the classes of the library with their properties and methods, and illustrates each one with commented examples.
Mailing list and support
Questions, bug reports, ideas? Share them with the community.
Posting in the FeResPost Google group lets every user benefit from the answers.
Visit the groupLicense
Free under the LGPL
Use FeResPost freely and link it to your own applications, proprietary ones included. A modified FeResPost must be redistributed with its sources.
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