[SOLVED] begining with SOFA

[kakashi]

Hello everyone, I am a student researcher. I work on the modeling of biological tissues especially on the heart.

I am fascinated by the technologies that make realistic 3D simulations of biological organs.

I am interested in SOFA for its potential and its power and for its simulations close to reality.

I would like to use SOFA for simulating heart functions however I am new to the software.

I would like to know everything necessary to start programming with SOFA. I would also like to know if SOFA needs to interact with other software (Visual C ++ for example). I’m completely lost.
I would also like to understand the link between SOFA, MODELER and XML files.

Thank your in advance for your help, Thierry

[Hugo]

Dear Rene Thierry,

Welcome to the SOFA forum!

Modeling the electromechanical coupling of the human heart is possible with SOFA. If you already know the model / have an implementation in Matlab, programming it in C++ into SOFA might not be that complicated.

To start with SOFA, I would recommend:

• to read the online documentation (for building SOFA and understanding its main physics principle)
• to browse the SOFA API documentation
• to keep in touch if you have any question

Note that the SOFA Consortium provides specific trainings to start learning and developing simulations with SOFA.

Best regards,

Hugo

[kakashi]

thank you mister for your reply.

I wish to know more about SOFA Consortium I’m actually in cameroom.
I wish to know if it possible to learn through SOFA Consortium without being on the French territory.

thank your in advance.

[Hugo]

Dear Rene Thierry,

As I said above, documentation is a good start. A good background in numerical analysis, finite element methods and computer science is important for developing your own algorithms in SOFA.
Trainings are usually done in France. It is possible to make “on-site” trainings, however, traveling costs are additional charges.

Best,

Hugo

[kakashi]

thank you very much for your help

[kakashi]

Hello everyone I went to digital methods to better learn and understand SOFA. I work on the modeling of the heart, I want to be able to reproduce the behavior of this organ using numerical simulations.
I started working on the finite element method and I would like to know if anyone has a good document for finite elements, C ++, Cmake and QT. If so, please help me.
Thank you in advance for your help.

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