FEA Software Options
FEA Software Options
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If you were tasked with selecting FEA software for your company, which one would you choose? And why?
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RE: FEA Software Options
There's an article titled "5 Tips for buying FEA Software" on Simuleon's blog - you may find something interesting there.
RE: FEA Software Options
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RE: FEA Software Options
civil eng or other ? civil seem to have their own preferred codes (RISA, no recommendation), other will use lots of codes (ANSYS, SolidWorks, FeMap, PATRAN/NASTRAN).
simple FEA or something more colourful (dynamics, hyper-elastic, ...)
There is, IMHO, no "best" code. All should give the same answers (with the same mesh), some are easier to learn than others. The biggest difference is the pre- and post- processing.
another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?
RE: FEA Software Options
Most comprehensive and popular packages- Abaqus and Ansys for most mechanical products right from Pre-processing, solving and post-processing.
Based on your requirement (Your product, what you want to do CFD/FEA or combined together, just design based introductory analysis, full fledged complex analysis like crash of car, fracture mechanics, non-linear material simulation like hyper-elastic/plastic, plastics, visco-elastic/plastic etc.), there are different packages which can be used.
This link may help in shortlisting and decision making.
RE: FEA Software Options
This topic has been hashed and rehashed quite a number of times on this forum. Follow the discussion in these links for some perspective:
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=378607
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=120567
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=67468
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=74650
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=4390
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=37632
RE: FEA Software Options
What software I would choose is easy. I would choose the software I have used for many years. But I think you need to ask yourself a few questions to start with.
- What is your budget?
- What are your analysis requirements? It ranges from linear static and up to non-linear dynamics including multi-physics. And there are also "side-tracks".
- How will you interact with the software, or requirements for pre/post software? Manually build a model or import a solid and auto-mesh?
My impression is that you think there is a single software that is the best for all types of applications. My experience is that there is no such software.
Good Luck
Thomas