FEA package for machine design?
FEA package for machine design?
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i have worked a bit with ProE/Mechanica and found it a good package for machine design work. it works reasonably good in extracting mid-surfaces and creating shells from assembly components.automatically joins them and creates bonded interfaces between components that are touching. however i'm not familiar with capabilities of ansys or abaqus in this area.do they offer the same level of flexibility and automation? i'd like a comparison of these packages for machine design or structural analysis work. ofcourse ansys or abaqus offer alot more capabilities for researchers or academic people, but what about engineers working in the industry?
thanks in advance.
thanks in advance.





RE: FEA package for machine design?
You are also right that ANSYS, ABAQUS, and NASTRAN are more often used by researchers, but are also more often used in industry as well (at least in the major aerospace companies). I do not think Mechanica is as common since it is not as good of a general purpose tool. It does have some nice advantages with the integration to Pro/E as well as the use of p-elements though. It will be hard to find a better package that links the CAD and the analysis, though I do think ABAQUS is making strides in that area.
Brian
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