Problem using FreeCAD as preprocessor

[dkdyn]

On running inp2rad on the inp-file of a minimal model generated with FreeCAD I obtain the error
property_id = property_names[prop_match]['prop_id'] KeyError: 'Eall'
freecad_inp.txt (ending changed from inp to txt for upload)
Since the analysis with Calculix runs without errors, I assume the model is set up correctly.
Do you have an idea what might go wrong?

As background information, I am a Linux user and see FreeCAD in combination with inp2rad as a promising preprocessing option. Manual edits of the inp-file may be inevitable later on, but a preprocessor helps to understand the inp-file block structure and provides a template to start from.
If the error is not my fault in using FreeCAD, then I assume fixing it would open the power of OpenRadioss to many FreeCAD users.
Many thanks for providing these tools and leveraging the power of open-source software!

[HoussemMouradi]

Just for test, I imported your .inp file into PrePoMax then exported it back to .inp, the error disappeared

[dkdyn]

Thank you. Would it be possible to skip PrePoMax? Since FreeCAD defined the model, PrePoMax seems not necessary and is not available for Linux, as far as I known.

[HoussemMouradi]

Hello @dkdyn,
The problem is this block:
""""
** Define element set Eall
*ELSET, ELSET=Eall
Evolumes
""""
just remove it, from what I understand, inp2rad expects element numbers to be explicitly listed under *ELSET
Eall set is an automatically generated set and is not used for any loads or constraints in your study, removing it will not affect anything
and don't forget to add the density in the material definition

[dkdyn]

Thank you very much! It works exactly as you said. I removed this block and replaced the occurrence of Eall in the *SOLID section. The *DENSITY I added andI changed from*STATIC to *DYNAMIC, EXPLICIT to get the file accepted by inp2rad and OpenRadioss. To ramp up loads is advisable, but not necessary for the simulation to run.

[HoussemMouradi]

@dkdyn Could you please mark this discussion as answered?