Export MOAB mesh for DAGMC Neutronics simulation workflow in SpaceClaim, i.e. the same feature as Trelis DAGMC plugin in C++.
This is a sibling project with SpaceClaim tool collectoin for Neutronics design and simulation
Qingfeng Xia
Copyright 2021 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA)
license: MIT
This is hosted in another repo: https://bitbucket.org/qingfengxia/moabsharp
with a GUI form to control faceting tolerance, etc.
In addition to spaceclaim builtin "Group" creation, which can not be modified. This command can give
- GUI form to "Modify" existing groups such as appending new items.
- change color to highlight a group of items
- group name check, DAGMC require a fixed group name format.
Experimental feature, parallel computation can be tested in this class, which will not modify geometry.
Feature only avaiable for UKAEA internal users, hidden for the moment, may be removed the code.
Download the zipped Addin bundle file from the github Release page of this repo for a specific SpaceClaim version (v19 or later)
Extract to a specific location recongized by Ansys SpaceClaim (it works for the student version)
C:\ProgramData\SpaceClaim\AddIns\Samples\V19 it is a user folder, can be created without admin prevliedge.
Ensure all dll files are located in Dagmc_Toolbox subfolder of C:\ProgramData\SpaceClaim\AddIns\Samples\V19
Start SpaceClaim.exe and look for a new Ribbon menu bar called Dagmc_Toolbox
- Open a SpaceClaim document, check and imprint all bodies,
- Setup groups for material, boundary condition, etc. manually or using "Crate Group" command
- Click the "Export Dagmc" icon on the Dagmc_Toolbox
- Select mesh file saving path in the FileDialog GUI
- Set mesh export parameters in a GUI Form
If all goes well for DagmcExport, there will be a MessageBox reporting mesh has been saved.
If there is error loading some dll files, try append
C:\ProgramData\SpaceClaim\AddIns\Samples\V19\Dagmc_Toolbox to user 's PATH environment variable.
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-user-environment-variables-windows
If SpaceClaim exit without showing a DagmcExportOption form GUI, may just rerun the DagmcExport command. The reason is not clear yet.
There is a log file accompanying the mesh file saved in the mesh saving folder. check.
MOABSharp` is self-contained project (copied all dependencies dll into the folder where Dagmc_Toolbox.dll is located), so this should work for future SpaceClaim API.
- Deployment guideline
- Note on porting C++ trelis plugin to C# code for SpaceClaim
- Misc developer notes
- Todo list