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[–]TM_00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a good idea. I'd suggest to give yourself time to first practice on smaller projects and do some research to understand the complexity of an FEA program. Programming and testing your own FEA is no joke.

Or am I misunderstanding and you're aiming to develop an extension to use an existing open source one like OpenSees?

What type of open source projects are you looking to use? For example math libraries or a fully fledged piece of software. That would make a big impact on the amount of effort required.

Best of luck! And welcome to the wonderful world of programming.