In my previous blog, I highlighted the JPL case study that described how Femap was used to create the simulation model of the Mars Rover, its spacecraft and descent vehicle. Now there is a chance to …
In sending a roving science laboratory from Earth to the planet Mars, JPL’s engineers had to overcome many extremely complex problems, plan meticulously, make crucial decisions thousands of times ove…
Sometimes you may need to set up a model to have a set of coincident nodes which can be connected together using spring or gap elements. To help prepare such a model, Femap includes a method of movin…
A couple of years ago I blogged about the Revolution Design case study (SPLM blog: 1/5/11). Last year I had the chance to travel to Hobart, visit the company and interview Gary Davidson, Senior Direc…
Calling all Femap users… later in the year we’re planning a Femap Symposium in Cincinnati, Ohio, and we’re very pleased to announce that registration for this event is now open. So mark the date – Ju…
With Femap you can import CAD and FEA models from a wide variety of sources allowing you to transfer modeling data over from other platforms. However, the independent import paths for the CAD and FEA…
OK, perhaps not exactly like Spinal Tap’s volume control, but today we’re very happy to announce that Femap 11, the latest version of Femap CAE software, has been released to manufacturing. F…
Often it’s very useful to be able to transfer data between various software tools. In this Femap tip and trick we’ll see how you can take a temperature distribution form Excel, import it into Femap a…
In the offshore industry operational certainty is a major requirement. The installations tend to be very large, and the investments high and virtually everything is unique which leaves very little ro…
