Many of the FEA vendors offer demo versions for free or a nominal charge which would be a good start. These versions are fully functional but have size limits on the number of nodes.
I think NE is calling the NEiWorks + SolidWorks package NEiFEA. Just saw a press release on this. NE OEMs SolidWorks and bundles that in for a complete package including their solver.
When you demoed Algor, did you do the demo or did they do a web cast for you? We elected to do our own...
