LISA FEA Program
LISA FEA Program
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Hi,
I am new to the FEA world, and am wanting to learn the basics on some parts I am working on currently. I got hold of LISA FEA, and installed the free version. And, the free version is limited to 1200 nodes. And, the small part, though fairly complex, is around 42000 nodes, so I could not work with it.
So, I have a couple of questions. Has anyone tried LISA FEA? If so, is it a good simple basic free FEA? Or, should I invest in another FEA program to learn from? If I am to go to another FEA program, which one should a newbie like me start with?
Thanks,
Richard
I am new to the FEA world, and am wanting to learn the basics on some parts I am working on currently. I got hold of LISA FEA, and installed the free version. And, the free version is limited to 1200 nodes. And, the small part, though fairly complex, is around 42000 nodes, so I could not work with it.
So, I have a couple of questions. Has anyone tried LISA FEA? If so, is it a good simple basic free FEA? Or, should I invest in another FEA program to learn from? If I am to go to another FEA program, which one should a newbie like me start with?
Thanks,
Richard





RE: LISA FEA Program
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Greg Locock
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RE: LISA FEA Program
The limitation is 10,000 nodes. It has its own solvers: RADIOSS and Optistruct. I'm not sure about the price but I'm using the commercial version at work and it is much much cheaper than the other "multi-physics" commercial FEA packages.
Hope this helps,
Jo
RE: LISA FEA Program
Jo,
Thanks for suggesting HyperWorks! Sounds like I might use it for model prepping. I think model prep will be the first step to learning FEA. And, so I will be looking at HyperWorks for now.
RC
RE: LISA FEA Program
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Greg Locock
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RE: LISA FEA Program
Greg is right. Most solvers come as a complete FEA package - pre, solver, post - and LISA, HyperWorks are no different. It's just that people find different functions offered by different software more efficient for their purposes.
Anyway I just had a meeting with Altair guys (supplier of HyperWorks) and inquired about their student edition. They told me that previously it was offered for about USD100/year but recently they decided to release it FOC to students. You have to register at Altair University website with a valid student ID. Check out this link: http://www.altairuniversity.com/free-hyperworks-13...
I'm kinda excited about this myself! With HyperWorks you get RADIOSS solver, as well as the other user profiles I mention. So you are exposed to more input deck formats (not all keywords are supported though).
Best of luck!
Jo
RE: LISA FEA Program
Cheers
Greg Locock
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