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neutron path sims
digitalcarbon
Member Posts: 89 PRO
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Hey team, love Onshape for CAD, but for nuclear sims like neutron paths in my reactor models, OpenMC's the gold standard Monte Carlo tool-no native link hurts. Pros of adding it: seamless export to STEP keeps our flow, but imagine dragging geometry straight into OpenMC for instant flux plots, no file swaps. Cuts time for folks like me doing fluid-plus-neutronics work, boosts Onshape's edge in engineering niches. Any plans?
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I'm exploring nuclear reactor simulations, and a colleague recommended FreeCAD with its Python API for generating OpenMC inputs and OpenFOAM meshes (via a plugin) for CFD-neutronics coupling, like GeN-Foam. Can Onshape replicate this workflow? I love Onshape’s cloud-based modeling, but is there a way to script geometry for nuclear codes or export meshes directly to OpenFOAM? Any plans for plugins to support nuclear engineering tools? Thanks!
https://gitlab.com/foam-for-nuclear/GeN-Foam "
Also, Texas A&M hired Carlo Fiorina, GeN-Foam co-author, as Associate Professor in 2023. Boosts multiphysics expertise for advanced reactors.
This is gaining traction.