August 23, 2011
Two engineering practices that traditionally live in separate packages—3D mechanical CAD modeling and finite element analysis (FEA)—get a lot closer to each other in NEi Software’s new product: NEi Nastran in-CAD 2011. Today marks the premiere of the software, described by NEi as “an FEA solution delivered in a 3D environment.”
In offering a FEA solution within a CAD interface, NEi hopes to capture a segment of engineers and designers who may have previously been prevented from performing FEA due to unfamiliarity. According to the announcement,“NEi Nastran in-CAD answers the demand for a CAD associative and scalable FEA solution for small to medium-sized companies.”
With the new software, NEi believes, “product design teams can perform FEA pre-processing, analysis, and post-processing within the same CAD-associative environment. Engineers can use this flexible computer aided-engineering (CAE) solution to work with Nastran data files and perform advanced analysis only available from NEi Software.”
NEi Nastran in-CAD includes:
- parametric CAD modeling functions;
- Nastran solvers;
- a range of 1D, 2D, and 3D mesh types (beams, bars, springs, and more); and
- file sharing via the Nastran Bulk Data File.
According to the company’s product brochure, “NEi Nastran in-CAD is the perfect package for getting started in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) because it combines two outstanding technologies at a fraction of the cost of high-end FEA offerings.”
NEi is marking the launch of NEi in-CAD 201 with a webcast, scheduled for 10-11 AM pacific today (Aug 23).
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