I use all different CAD tools, such as Autodesk Inventor 8.0, SolidEdge ver. 15 and SolidWorks 2004. They all work great with the latest DesignStar 2004 (2004/035) release.
There was a small change that you had to make with in Inventor to work properly with previous versions of DesignSTAR, but...
Drej:
Thank you for informing me about the latest on the Ansys Workbench interface. It's been about 2 years since I last used Ansys Professional, and they were still using the older interface.
Using you definition of an outstanding mesher, IMHO I believe that both Ansys and COSMOS has one.
CraigJ wrote: "if you want the best code use Ansys"
I am sorry Craig, but that is your opinion. I have also used all the codes that you listed and I have found COSMOS to be a very good solution for me. I did my research on SRAC, the company who develops COSMOS, before investing in...
COSMOSFloWorks can do what you need if you have SolidWorks. Otherwise, EFDLab is essentially the same as COSMOSFloWorks for users of other CAD programs.
You should check your default unit system. Go to Tools > Options and in the Units tab you can check that what units you have listed. This may solve your problem.
If not, you can call COSMOS tech support and they should be able to help you out.
I have heard that Algor reports do be able to do a lot, but in the end, they come up short on a lot of capabilites by just not being able to do them well. They will lower their price at the drop of a hat to try to rope you in, and if you do decide to purchase it, you will shortly be wishing...
I found getting material data using these methods:
1) from the software database; 2) from technical publications / journals; 3) online from sites like MatWeb.com, CAMPUSPlastics.com, or the manufacturers website (i.e. duPont or GEplastics); 4) finally you can try to call your supplier or the...
To make sure that your mesh from one surface to the next matches exactly, you must use the Split Line tool in SolidWorks. If done correctly, this will solve your problem of insufficient constraints. What I mean by that is if the mesh does not match (and thus the nodes on adjacent surfaces do...
COSMOS DesignSTAR works very well with both Inventor and SolidWorks. It is a stand-alone package and is fully associative with those two CAD programs. You should investigate COSMOS DesignSTAR more closely. You will find it can do 2D and 3D analysis very easily!
You need to define a surface type contact pair. I recommend going through the tutorials available in DesignSTAR regarding contact problems. That should help you out in learning how to properly define contacts in DS.
I would recommend going through the tutorials available in DesignSTAR regarding contact problems. That should help you out in learning how to correctly implement contacts in DS.
You can try the book by Paul Kurowski "Engineering Analysis
with COSMOSWorks" published by Schroff Development Corporation:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1585031585/
Schroff Development Corporation has published "Engineering Analysis with COSMOSWorks"...
There is a specific bulletin board for COSMOS Users on Topica. You can subscribe by:
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