NE/Nastran opinons
NE/Nastran opinons
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Group,
Does anyone here use NE/Nastran? We are thinking about buying a seat and wondering what kind of reputation they have compared to other "mid-priced" FEA programs. We have used Ansys, but this time we are not prepared to spend that much money on a license (Ansys can be upwards of 30k for a mechanical license)...So please if any comparisions are made please compare like priced SW.
Thanks,
CJ
Does anyone here use NE/Nastran? We are thinking about buying a seat and wondering what kind of reputation they have compared to other "mid-priced" FEA programs. We have used Ansys, but this time we are not prepared to spend that much money on a license (Ansys can be upwards of 30k for a mechanical license)...So please if any comparisions are made please compare like priced SW.
Thanks,
CJ





RE: NE/Nastran opinons
I am hoping you will get a lot of usefull replies. I have scheduled a benchmark of different programs in the next two months and NE/Nastran is on of the programs I sorted out. I hink this will be a very interesting benchmark, since I also sorted out MI/Nastran, NX/Nastran, Msc. Nastran and Cosmos designstar (they also sent me CosmosM, but this will be too much). Apart from Cosmos, I will use FEMAP as pre/post for the other ones, so I will get a nice comparison regarding calculation time, results etc. I will compare the results with Msc.Marc results, which we also have in our company. Can't wait to get the results
RE: NE/Nastran opinons
Still looking for thoughts on NE/Nastran...anyone?
CJ
RE: NE/Nastran opinons
RE: NE/Nastran opinons
Really it depends on which version of Ansys you get. Workbench itself will let you write in any capibilities inherent in your license. For example to do material nonlinearity in WB you would need Ansys Structural...
BUT Ansys is much more expensive than NE/Nastran
CJ
RE: NE/Nastran opinons
I'd be happy to answer any questions you have in regard to the software and the company, but my only comparison is with Algor. I would prefer to do it off line if possible. Let me know here and if you are still interested, we can attemept to arrange a follow-up.
rjw57
RE: NE/Nastran opinons