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Tutorials
In this page you will find different tutorials on how to create different cases in VisualSPHysics for FreeCAD.
Use this tutorials to make yourself confortable with using the interface, and as a complement to the Feature Reference
Dam Break
This is one of the most simple cases to create. It will create a cube of water spreading out in a box.
The result should be like this:
These are the steps to get to that.
Step 1 - Creating a new case
First of all, lets run FreeCAD and run this software. Make sure VisualSPHysics for FreeCAD is installed. For that, you can check the installation page.
Once in VisualSPHysics for FreeCAD, use the New Case button to create a new case. If you have opened FreeCAD files, VisualSPHysics will prompt you to close them automatically.
Once created you should see something like this:
This red lines represent the Case Limits, in which elements that are part of the simulation will be contained.
Make sure your plugin is configured correctly, pressing “Setup Plugin” and establishing the proper executables in the configuration window that appears.
Lets set the Inter-particle distance to 0.025 meters.
It will look something like this:
