Design of a new finite element programming environment

This paper presents the architecture for a new finite element program written in the C⁺⁺programming language. A powerful command interpreter allows the user not only to introduce data, but also to define the algorithms that will treat this data to obtain the desired results. In this way, the program can be very easily configured to new computational strategies. By following an object-oriented programming technique, we expect the program would not fall into the “stagnation” state that affects large finite element codes currently in use.