Exploring SOFA

[Hoangn06]

Hello everyone,

I am exploring SOFA and its potential applications. I would like to know if it is possible to implement new finite element solvers or new material types (e.g., shape memory alloys) within SOFA.

Thank you, and have a nice day.

[bakpaul]

Hello,

Yes, thank's to its open core and mechanism to easily add plugins, this is doable. You can take a look at plugins that are adding new materials here:

• https://github.com/sofa-framework/BeamAdapter
• https://github.com/SofaDefrost/Cosserat
• https://github.com/sofa-framework/SofaMJEDFEM

There is an example of one of our current core dev working on a new Newton-Raphson for dynamics here : #5173

This example is a PR introducing a new way of solving Lagrangian-based constraints : #3053

More globally, I suggest you to take a look at our documentation here : https://sofa-framework.github.io/doc/ where the API is presented. It is both a user and developer documentation.

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