ANSYS has 2 interfaces:
ANSYS Workbench and ANSYS (also referred to as "Classic")
It has several licenses with different capabilities such as:
DesignSpace
Professional
Structural etc.
When you have a DesignSpace license, you get ANSYS Workbench interface with the capabilities of DesignSpace...
I believe you will need DesignModeler module add-on license for this. You can then bring your model as shells into workbench and perform your analysis.
After much discussions and ado... I am glad to update you folks that we have indeed purchased Designspace and our experience so far is "excellent". Especially the local VARs are really helpful. Tech support is really great.
I sincerely appreciate all your help. Every CAE software in the...
Dear JGalliera,
Can you explain more about "One point he made was about how it is much more difficult to apply boundary conditions in Algor as compared to DesignSTAR."
Why is it difficult to apply boundary conditions in ALGOR? I saw that DesignSpace and DesignStar, both were extremely...
The main reason why we eliminated Cosmos was its ineffectiveness with Autodesk Inventor series of products. So...
By the way... as the world being so unpredictable..... we haven't yet made any purchase decisions and we are still at the same place as we were when I started this thread!
Still...
Thank you drej.
I understand that ANSYS is probably the better solutions, but all that ANSYS claims to do, so does Algor at a cheaper price! So, how do I convince my management? Any tips?
Rob.
Hello guys,
Our company is about to buy FEA software for our inventor users. They are thinking either DesignSpace or Algor.
From a designer's stand point, can you guys tell me which do you think is a better product in terms of
1. CAD associativity with Inventor
2. Any other associated...
Hello guys,
Our company management is seriously considering to purchase a FEA package for our design engineers. We currently use Autodesk Inventor and have evaluated ANSYS/DesignSpace, COSMOS DesignStar and Algor product for Inventor.
I primarily like ANSYS as my background is more in ANSYS...