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Demo of NEi Nastran looks good, would you buy Ansys?

Demo of NEi Nastran looks good, would you buy Ansys?

Demo of NEi Nastran looks good, would you buy Ansys?

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I am evaluating a demo of NEiNastran right now and am pleased so far with what I have accomplished with it. It seems very capable.

I am considering also buying Ansys, likely strucutral depending on the dollar amounts. I am a previous user of Ansys (version 4.1 and 5.3) and did some interesting work with it as well. I am curious if anyone would have some reasons or considerations with respect to buying Ansys? I could buy either just not sure which way to go now.

My main considerations ranked by weight are:

1-support
2-cost to purchase (NEi is about 12k USD)
3-large displacement (non linear geometry)
4-cost of annual subscription (NEi 2k/yr)
5-time based events (quasi real time simulations such as -moving loads, crane wheels, levers, safety lines, etc)
6-surface contact (assemblies coming from inventor)

All comments appreciated.
Stan

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