FE Documention w/ Engineering Math Software

[mloew]

I found the following article in Machine Design magazine regarding the combination of Mathcad and ABAQUS for the purpose of clearly documenting the modeling and analysis process very interesting:

A few tips for Solving the Unsolvable
Engineering math software and FEA make a potent team for solving tough problems and a way to clearly document techniques for the benefit of others.
Ted Diehl
Engineering Consultant
Du Pont Co.
Wilmington, Del.
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http://www.dupont.com)

http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/vi...ArticleId=55821&strSite=MDSite&Screen=ARCHIVE

I would like to take this opportunity to renew commentary that was started in Reporting FEA thread727-36037. Any additional thoughts with the methods described in the article above?

Best regards,

Matthew Ian Loew

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