Alastair Robertson
See how Aquila Engineering used FEA Software to improve productivity and save tens of thousands of dollars

See how Aquila Engineering used FEA Software to improve productivity and save tens of thousands of dollars

August 9, 2011

It’s always good to see engineering companies reaping the benefits of adopting FEA software, like Australia-based Aquila Engineering which lately switched to using Femap with NX Nastran. In a recentl…

By AlRobertson
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Model Bounding Box – Femap Tips & Tricks

Model Bounding Box – Femap Tips & Tricks

July 20, 2011

Find out about the significance of the Femap model bounding box, and see where it is used. Alastair

By AlRobertson
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Mark Sherman talks about Femap development – past, present and future

Mark Sherman talks about Femap development – past, present and future

July 7, 2011

I recently travelled to Exton, PA where the headquarters of Femap CAE software development is located. While there I captured some video of Mark Sherman, head of Femap development, talking about Fema…

By AlRobertson
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Color by Element Properties – Femap Tips & Tricks

Color by Element Properties – Femap Tips & Tricks

June 20, 2011

See how you can color elements by property ID, and have Femap randomly assign colors based on properties.

By AlRobertson
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How FEA Software can Help to Design for Safety

How FEA Software can Help to Design for Safety

June 6, 2011

In Rotterdam on July 10 th 2008 a tower crane collapsed for no apparent reason tragically causing the death of the crane operator. The construction site suffered extensive damage as a result of the …

By AlRobertson
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Femap Tips & Tricks: Results Enveloping

Femap Tips & Tricks: Results Enveloping

May 16, 2011

See how to envelope results from several load cases to produce one combined results plot that shows the highest node or element results in Femap. Alastair

By AlRobertson
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Siemens PLM channel partners discuss the value of CAE

Siemens PLM channel partners discuss the value of CAE

May 4, 2011

I had occasion recently to meet with some of our channel partners in Europe. In separate conversations with two of them they discussed the value that CAE brings to their customers. Interestingly they…

By AlRobertson
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Femap Tips and Tricks: Memory Management

Femap Tips and Tricks: Memory Management

April 11, 2011

See how to improve performance when working with limited memory resources on very large models using Femap.

By AlRobertson
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How do you know if you’re getting good answers?

How do you know if you’re getting good answers?

March 14, 2011

In these days of automatic finite element mesh generators and powerful computers that can process large models efficiently, how do you know that the results being calculated are actually any good? Ge…

By AlRobertson
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