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Ener Consulting automates simulation of pressure vessels in conformity with international standards

Ener Consulting automates simulation of pressure vessels in conformity with international standards

January 30, 2019

Ener Consulting, founded in 2002 with headquarters in Prato, Italy, offers engineering consulting to industrial customers. One of the core services offered is the verification of pressure equipment, ...

Sensile Medical achieves solid growth with Siemens PLM Software solutions

Sensile Medical achieves solid growth with Siemens PLM Software solutions

October 23, 2018

Sensile Medical AG, a medical devices company based in Haegendorf, Switzerland, develops and produces innovative rotary micropumps for highly precise dosing and application of liquids. From the begin...

Femap version 12 is now available

Femap version 12 is now available

October 5, 2018

We’re pleased to announce the release of Femap version 12! This much anticipated release packs a lot of new capabilities that touch most parts of the program including user interface, visualizati...

Lisa Airplanes uses Femap and NX Nastran to help certify a new plane

Lisa Airplanes uses Femap and NX Nastran to help certify a new plane

September 20, 2018

In the Savoie region of France in the French Alps, a team of enthusiasts set about inventing a new way to travel. They embarked on an ambitious and far-sighted project to create an all-terrain recrea...

Femap 12: preview of new custom tools

Femap 12: preview of new custom tools

August 30, 2018

With the Femap version 12 release fast approaching, there are a lot of new capabilities coming that we’ve been reviewing over the last few weeks. As well as new functionality built in to the program ...

Femap 12: preview of newly supported solver capabilities

Femap 12: preview of newly supported solver capabilities

August 23, 2018

The new release of Femap – version 12 – is coming up soon, so let’s take a look at the new solver updates included in the release. Version 12 will include support for multi-step nonlinear solutions, ...

Femap 12: preview of new postprocessing capabilities

Femap 12: preview of new postprocessing capabilities

August 16, 2018

The new release of Femap – version 12 – is approaching fast, so let’s take a look at what’s new regarding postprocessing enhancements. You can interactively adjust criteria limits using a slider ...

Femap 12: preview of new preprocessing enhancements

Femap 12: preview of new preprocessing enhancements

The Femap version 12 release is coming up very soon, so let’s take a sneak peek at the new preprocessing enhancements. In the meshing toolbox, the capabilities of the washer and pad mesh improvem...

Femap 12: preview of new geometry modeling capabilities

Femap 12: preview of new geometry modeling capabilities

The Femap version 12 release is coming up very soon, so let’s see some of the new geometry creation and manipulation enhancements that we can look forward to. A few versions ago, composite curves...

Femap 12: preview of visualization and user interface enhancements

Femap 12: preview of visualization and user interface enhancements

The release of Femap version 12 is just around the corner, so let’s take a look at what’s coming in this latest version, starting with visualization and user interface enhancements. The first thi...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Assigning Material Properties to Solid Geometry

Femap Tips & Tricks: Assigning Material Properties to Solid Geometry

See how to assign different material properties to solid geometry while setting up a finite element model in this Femap tip and trick video. Model creation methods and workflows are very flexible...

First Events of the Femap Symposia Series 2018

First Events of the Femap Symposia Series 2018

The first four Femap Symposia Series 2018 events were successfully executed in the last three weeks. The events were held in Huntsville AL, Cypress CA, San Diego CA, and Montreal QB. Attendees en...

Femap Symposia Series 2018

Femap Symposia Series 2018

We’re pleased to announce a series of Femap user events in 2018, co-hosted with our channel partners across North America. Huntsville, AL – May 8 Cypress, CA – May15 San Diego, CA – May 17 ...

Airline interiors specialist uses Femap to deliver challenging designs, speed up product development

Airline interiors specialist uses Femap to deliver challenging designs, speed up product development

First class passengers expect elegance and indulgence, and commercial airlines attract and maintain high-value customers with impeccable service. Cabin interiors that provide style and comfort for tr...

International Woman’s Day – Felicia Boyd

International Woman’s Day – Felicia Boyd

What drew you to an engineering company? I can’t say that I was drawn to an engineering...

TEAM Engineering Red Bull Racing Live Femap Event

TEAM Engineering Red Bull Racing Live Femap Event

February 20, 2018

On 13th February, TEAM Engineering, Siemens PLM channel partner in the UK, held a Femap prospect facing event at the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing facility in the UK. Attendees were introduced to Fema...

New Free Femap Student Edition Software Package Available

New Free Femap Student Edition Software Package Available

January 25, 2018

A new free Femap download is now available for students to help with their studies, and it’s the same as the advanced simulation solution that’s used in industry. The use of engineering simulation in...

Femap 11.4.2: Thermal and Flow Solver Parallel Processing Enhancements

Femap 11.4.2: Thermal and Flow Solver Parallel Processing Enhancements

December 12, 2017

The latest version of Femap is 11.4.2 and it contains a number of updates to the thermal and flow capabilities, including enhancements to the parallel processing capability for the thermal and flow s...

Femap 11.4.2: Enhanced Thermal and Flow Simulation Capabilities

Femap 11.4.2: Enhanced Thermal and Flow Simulation Capabilities

December 8, 2017

The latest version of Femap – 11.4.2 – was released earlier this week and contains a number of enhancements to the thermal and flow simulation capabilities. Highlights include a solution efficiency i...

Femap 11.4.2: Graphical User Interface Updates

Femap 11.4.2: Graphical User Interface Updates

December 6, 2017

In Femap version 11.4.2, released earlier in the week, the thermal and flow solver user interface has been updated to match existing UI workflows in Femap. The updated contemporary graphical user int...

Announcing the release of Femap version 11.4.2

Announcing the release of Femap version 11.4.2

December 4, 2017

We’re very pleased to announce the availability of the latest release of Femap – version 11.4.2. The software is available from download from the GTAC support site accessible with your webkey. Fe...

New Femap Monthly Subscription Options Available for the US Online Store

New Femap Monthly Subscription Options Available for the US Online Store

October 26, 2017

Two new Femap subscription options have been added to the popular Femap online store, further expanding the configurations on offer allowing you more choice to make a selection that best suits your b...

Almatech Goes Hunting for Planets with Femap

Almatech Goes Hunting for Planets with Femap

October 17, 2017

Almatech is a Swiss aerospace company currently working with the European Space Agency with the development of a new space telescope to help identify and characterize exoplanets – worlds outside our ...

Femto Engineering determines nature of crane failure using Femap

Femto Engineering determines nature of crane failure using Femap

September 26, 2017

In the wake of Hurricane Irma the number of construction crane accidents in Florida has refueled the safety debate. Several construction cranes were damaged with the high winds snapping off crane arm...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Using Interpolation Elements

Femap Tips & Tricks: Using Interpolation Elements

September 14, 2017

One of the inherent characteristics of finite element modeling is that often loads and constraints are applied to the model at node points. This technique can bring about stress concentrations, as th...

The Perlan 2 Glider Flying to New Heights

The Perlan 2 Glider Flying to New Heights

August 17, 2017

Arguably a spacecraft as well as an aircraft, the Perlan 2 glider is part of a mission to fly higher than any plane ever before, and reach an altitude of 90,000 feet. To reach that altitude, the Perl...

Fokker Biplane Aerodynamic Analysis

Fokker Biplane Aerodynamic Analysis

In an investigation into the use of alternate materials in the construction of structural wing components for a Fokker D-VII biplane design, Structural Design and Analysis (SDA) undertook a compariso...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Enveloping Results

Femap Tips & Tricks: Enveloping Results

With ever increasing model sizes, the amount of results data calculated and produced by the solver also increases in proportion. So with more and more results data to sift through, it becomes increas...

Femap 11.4: Charting Updates

Femap 11.4: Charting Updates

Take a look at some of the charting enhancements in the recently announced Femap version 11.4 in the following video. Femap 11.4 includes numerous enhancements to charting: including user interfa...

Femap 11.4: Preprocessing and Meshing Updates

Femap 11.4: Preprocessing and Meshing Updates

Take a look at some of the preprocessing and meshing enhancements in the recently announced Femap version 11.4 in the following video. Femap now has an autoscale visualization feature to help vie...

Announcing the availability of Femap 11.4

Announcing the availability of Femap 11.4

We’re very pleased to announce that Femap version 11.4 has now been released to manufacture, which means it’s also available for download from the GTAC support site accessible with your webkey. Femap...

Femap at the 2017 Siemens PLM Connection Americas, Indianapolis

Femap at the 2017 Siemens PLM Connection Americas, Indianapolis

Last week saw the staging of the 2017 Siemens PLM Connection Americas event in Indianapolis. In the Simcenter User Connection track, there was good representation for simulation and the who...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Creating Plate Element Properties from Geometry

Femap Tips & Tricks: Creating Plate Element Properties from Geometry

In creating a simulation model quite often the finite elements are generated from a CAD geometry representation of the design. This serves to transfer the three dimensional topology from the CAD&nbsp...

LOC optimizes global collaboration for business growth

LOC optimizes global collaboration for business growth

LOC (London Offshore Consultants) Group is a recognized leader in the area of risk reduction in the shipping and offshore energy industry. LOC focuses on transportation and construction in the marine...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Apply Regional Loading

Femap Tips & Tricks: Apply Regional Loading

In Femap there are many ways of defining and setting up loads on geometry entities. In this video you’ll see how you can create temporary geometry entities and use them to apply regional loads to a p...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Elements Sweeping

Femap Tips & Tricks: Elements Sweeping

February 14, 2017

See how to create a solid helical mesh in Femap by sweeping elements. Femap has many different methods of creating elements and meshes, and in this tip and trick you can see how to sweep elements...

Femap Symposia Series goes to Florida

Femap Symposia Series goes to Florida

January 25, 2017

On January 17th Piper Aircraft and SDA hosted a Femap Symposium event at Vero Beach, FL – the home of Piper. The event was well attended and presentations ranged from advanced analyses performed on a...

Final Event of the Femap Symposium Series 2016

Final Event of the Femap Symposium Series 2016

September 29, 2016

The final event of the Femap Symposium Series 2016 will take place on Tuesday October 11th at Vero Beach, FL, courtesy of SDA and Piper Aircraft. Register now to guarantee your place, and see pre...

Femap Version 11.3.2

Femap Version 11.3.2

September 16, 2016

Femap version 11.3.2 is now available for download from the GTAC support site (note that you will need your Webkey to access this site). Choose the Download and Upload Files option to access the ...

Femap 11.3.1 Release

Femap 11.3.1 Release

Femap version 11.3.1 is now available for download.Femap version 11.3.1 is now available for download from the GTAC support site (note that you will need your Webkey to access this site). Choose ...

Announcing Two New Femap with NX Nastran Solver Modules

Announcing Two New Femap with NX Nastran Solver Modules

To simplify the Femap with NX Nastran product configuration, some of the advanced NX Nastran solver options have been consolidated into a new advanced bundle, and a new extension module is now availa...

Cardinal uses Femap API customization to reduce modeling and analysis time by 80 percent

Cardinal uses Femap API customization to reduce modeling and analysis time by 80 percent

Cardinal Engineering is an engineering services firm providing services to government and commercial clients with a primary focus on the marine sector. The company’s expertise includes naval sh...

Siemens PLM Software Launches the Simcenter Portfolio

Siemens PLM Software Launches the Simcenter Portfolio

This week Siemens PLM Software launched its new Simcenter portfolio of which Femap is a part. Simcenter is a robust suite of simulation software and test solutions that help companies addr...

Femap Symposia Series 2016 goes to Solihull, UK

Femap Symposia Series 2016 goes to Solihull, UK

On May 25th the Femap Symposia Series 2016 crossed the pond and staged a user event at the Siemens PLM Software offices in Solihull, UK. The event was well attended, both for the main track, that inc...

Femap helps hydraulic power manufacturer Hydrauvision to reduce prototypes by 80%

Femap helps hydraulic power manufacturer Hydrauvision to reduce prototypes by 80%

Hydrauvision was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Schoondijke, Netherlands. Hydrauvision specializes in producing hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical drives and systems for a variety of indust...

Announcing the release of Femap version 11.3 – “honed to a higher sharpness”

Announcing the release of Femap version 11.3 – “honed to a higher sharpness”

We’re very pleased to announce that Femap version 11.3 has now been released to manufacture, which means it’s also available for download from the GTAC support site accessible with your webkey. Femap...

Femap 11.3: Preview of Preprocessing Enhancements

Femap 11.3: Preview of Preprocessing Enhancements

A number of preprocessing activities have been enhanced in Femap version 11.3, including contact and assembly set up workflows, and more understandable beam cross sections that aid beam the beam mode...

Femap 11.3: Preview of Visualization and View Control Enhancements

Femap 11.3: Preview of Visualization and View Control Enhancements

Critical to results review, model creation and set up is the ability to see the model components that you need to work on, and control how you are viewing them. Watch this video to see how the new mo...

Femap 11.3: Preview of Meshing Enhancements

Femap 11.3: Preview of Meshing Enhancements

Meshing geometry is central to finite element model creation, and is already one of Femap’s strengths. Watch this video to see how version 11.3 pushes the boundaries even further with new capabilitie...

Femap 11.3: Preview of Enhancements to Solver Support

Femap 11.3: Preview of Enhancements to Solver Support

As a standalone pre- and postprocessor, one of Femap’s important characteristics is its ability to communicate and interact with all of the main commercial solvers. In this video you can see some of ...

Femap 11.3: Preview of Postprocessing Capabilities

Femap 11.3: Preview of Postprocessing Capabilities

Postprocessing is one of Femap’s strengths, and this powerful capability is even better in version 11.3, due to be released very soon. Watch the video below to see what’s new in postprocessing that’s...

Femap is now available by monthly subscription in the US and Canada

Femap is now available by monthly subscription in the US and Canada

Now you have a choice, Femap with NX Nastran is now available in the US and Canada by perpetual license or by subscription on a monthly basis. You can choose from three popular configurations on our ...

Femap helps Sumitomo Heavy Industries achieve a fast response for ship structural analysis needs

Femap helps Sumitomo Heavy Industries achieve a fast response for ship structural analysis needs

Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) Marine and Engineering Co., founded in 1897, builds ships with a focus on mid-sized tankers. Femap and NX Nastran are used for performing various strength and vibratio...

Kicking off the Femap Symposia Series 2016 in Southern California

Kicking off the Femap Symposia Series 2016 in Southern California

The first two Femap Symposia events took place in Southern California last week (Tuesday in San Diego and Thursday in Cypress) and were co-hosted with Siemens channel partner, ATA Engineering Inc. Th...

Femap supports cutting edge space development at Astroscale

Femap supports cutting edge space development at Astroscale

Commercial space development has advanced in recent years, and interest in the effective use of outer space is growing. With the growing interest, the danger of space debris is gaining attentio...

Pentair uses FEA to help eliminate product-related complaints and rework

Pentair uses FEA to help eliminate product-related complaints and rework

February 9, 2016

Pentair Valves and Controls business unit produces valves, actuators and flow control products. Pentair is a global leader in this domain and provides services and solutions for the most challenging ...

PaxOcean uses Femap to enhance product safety and reliability

PaxOcean uses Femap to enhance product safety and reliability

November 10, 2015

PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan Co., Ltd. (PaxOcean), was established in 2006, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuok (Singapore) Limited. It provides repair, conversion and new building services to ...

Icepronav Engineering uses CAE to accelerate the design process and inspire innovation

Icepronav Engineering uses CAE to accelerate the design process and inspire innovation

October 22, 2015

Icepronav Engineering is one of the most prestigious design and naval engineering companies in Europe, possesses more than 40 years of experience in ship design and once played the unique role of des...

Simulation helps ASICS keep a step ahead of the competition

Simulation helps ASICS keep a step ahead of the competition

October 15, 2015

The ASICS Corporation, Institute of Sport Science (ASICS), based in Hyogo, Japan, is very popular in the sports footwear market. At ASICS, simulation software is used as a decision-making tool to gui...

Redesigning the Orion spacecraft heat shield

Redesigning the Orion spacecraft heat shield

October 7, 2015

The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle will carry up to six people and is intended for deep space travel and as such must be able to withstand the heat generated from a re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere...

Wrapping up the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Seattle WA

Wrapping up the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Seattle WA

September 28, 2015

The final event of the Femap Symposium Series 2015 took place in Everett, Washington at Boeing’s Future of Flight Aviation Center. The event was co-hosted with Siemens channel partner Applied CAx. Th...

Femap with NX Nastran plays a critical role in the design of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft

Femap with NX Nastran plays a critical role in the design of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft

September 22, 2015

The Lockheed Martin designed Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle will carry up to six people into space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re...

Postprocessing Laminate Models

Postprocessing Laminate Models

September 15, 2015

A review of some of the Femap laminate postprocessing capabilities, including results data linear combinations using the results set processing data surface, and max min summation enveloping for each...

Femap 11.2.2 Release

Femap 11.2.2 Release

September 9, 2015

Femap version 11.2.2 is now available for download from the GTAC site. Choose the Download and Upload Files option to access the SPLM Download Server. Then choose All Siemens Products, pick Femap...

Engineering is the key to realizing striking architectural designs

Engineering is the key to realizing striking architectural designs

September 1, 2015

Founded twenty-five years ago, Octatube is a Dutch engineering and manufacturing company that works closely with architects to help them realize their ideas. The challenges in developing new structur...

Celebrating 30 Years of Femap

Celebrating 30 Years of Femap

August 19, 2015

Help celebrate 30 years of Femap, see how Femap has evolved from a DOS based FE program running on a 64K RAM IBM PC to the sophisticated and powerful simulation environment it is today. Watch the vid...

Webinar: Safety on the Orion Manned Spacecraft

Webinar: Safety on the Orion Manned Spacecraft

If you missed the live version of the Safety on the Orion Manned Spacecraft webinar, you can catch up with a recorded version of this Engineering.com presentation and see how Femap helped simulate cr...

New Horizons Spacecraft Pluto Flyby

New Horizons Spacecraft Pluto Flyby

The New Horizons spacecraft was in the news recently after flying past Pluto and beaming back some amazing images. Designed by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for the NASA m...

Femap 11.2 New Capabilities – Analysis Studies

Femap 11.2 New Capabilities – Analysis Studies

There is a lot of great new functionality in Femap version 11.2. In postprocessing, there’s a new method of grouping output data into analysis studies to help organize the data and aid activities lik...

Basic Laminate Modeling

Basic Laminate Modeling

If you are getting started modeling laminate materials with Femap then watch this demonstration video to learn about some Femap's basic laminate modeling techniques.

Webinar: Light-weighting Aircraft Interiors

Webinar: Light-weighting Aircraft Interiors

If you missed the Light-Weighting Aircraft Interiors webinar, you can catch up with a recorded version of this Engineering.com presentation and see how Femap helps aircraft designers optimize cabin i...

Basic Meshing Capabilities

Basic Meshing Capabilities

New to Femap, or just brushing up your Femap knowledge? Watch this video on basic meshing - you'll see some tips showing capabilities from more recent releases.

Femap 11.2.1 Release

Femap 11.2.1 Release

Femap version 11.2.1 is now available for download from the GTAC site. Choose the Download and Upload Files option to access the SPLM Download Server. Then choose All Siemens Prod...

Continuing the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Cypress CA

Continuing the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Cypress CA

The Femap Symposium Series 2015 continued last week with another event held at the Siemens PLM Software office in Cypress, CA, co-hosted with Siemens channel partner, Saratech. Topics cove...

Webinar: Safety on the Orion Manned Spacecraft

Webinar: Safety on the Orion Manned Spacecraft

Manned space travel is the ultimate simulation challenge. In this webinar we'll hear about simulating for the Orion spacecraft, including: How analysts have to account for a broade...

Femap 11.2 New Capabilities – Mid Geometry Meshing

Femap 11.2 New Capabilities – Mid Geometry Meshing

There is a lot of great new functionality in Femap version 11.2. In preprocessing, there are a lot of new interactive tools to help you edit geometry and manipulate it to the way you need it in order...

Femap at the Siemens PLM UK Symposium 2015, Silverstone, England

Femap at the Siemens PLM UK Symposium 2015, Silverstone, England

This week saw the 2015 Siemens PLM UK Symposium – industry solutions for engineering analysis – which was held at the famous F1 racing circuit at Silverstone, and we were pleased to be able to presen...

Webinar: Light-weighting Aircraft Interiors

Webinar: Light-weighting Aircraft Interiors

Structural optimization and weight reduction is crucial with aircraft design to help keep operating costs low but without compromising safety. In this webinar we’ll see how simulation tools are used ...

The Importance of Simulation for Solar Impulse

The Importance of Simulation for Solar Impulse

Watch Gian Luca Sacco, Siemens marketing director, explain the importance of simulation in the design of Solar Impulse – the world’s first solar powered aircraft. Solar ...

More Femap Symposium 2015 Dates Coming Up

More Femap Symposium 2015 Dates Coming Up

More dates for the Femap Symposium 2015 Series are planned. Up next are May 12 in Huntsville and May 14 in Houston – cohosted with Saratech. This series of events are proving...

Continuing the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Washington DC

Continuing the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Washington DC

The Femap Symposium Series 2015 continued last week with an event at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Dulles, VA co-hosted with Siemens channel partner, Structural Design and Analysis...

Webinar: Safety on the Orion Manned Spacecraft

Webinar: Safety on the Orion Manned Spacecraft

Manned space travel is the ultimate simulation challenge. In this webinar we'll hear about simulating for the Orion spacecraft, including: How analysts have to account for a broader rang...

Construction of Solar Impulse 2

Construction of Solar Impulse 2

Solar Impulse video showing what it took to build the solar powered aircraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMBPJpaimc Keep an eye out for the Femap screens in the background in some ...

Femap 11.2

Femap 11.2

We’re very pleased to announce that Femap version 11.2 has now been released to manufacture, which means it’s also available for download from the GTAC support site accessible with your webkey. Femap...

Solar Impulse Round-the-World Flight

Solar Impulse Round-the-World Flight

Solar Impulse, based in Switzerland, has begun a round-the-world flight in a solar-powered aircraft, and they won’t be using a drop of fuel! The engineering team at Solar Impulse and our mut...

Continuing the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Washington DC

Continuing the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Washington DC

February 27, 2015

The Femap Symposium Series 2015 continued last week with an event at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Dulles, VA co-hosted with Siemens channel partner, Structural Design and Analysis...

Bureau Veritas Helps Ship Designers Conform to Design Regulations with Femap

Bureau Veritas Helps Ship Designers Conform to Design Regulations with Femap

February 10, 2015

Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas is a global leader in testing, inspection and certification. In the marine industry, where the company provides statutory certification of ships (among other services)...

Kotchergenko use Femap to increase service offerings and gain a competitive edge

Kotchergenko use Femap to increase service offerings and gain a competitive edge

December 9, 2014

Kotchergenko was founded in 1993 to fill a technological gap that existed between machinery and structural design. The company has always differentiated itself from the competition through high quali...

Cometal uses Femap to cut costs and increase operational safety

Cometal uses Femap to cut costs and increase operational safety

November 18, 2014

The extrusion business is characterized by pricing sensitivity, which is where Femap helps Cometal achieve success by optimizing use of expensive materials and enabling maximum operating safety. Desi...

Femap Customer Events in Japan

Femap Customer Events in Japan

October 20, 2014

Last week saw a couple of well attended Femap customer events in Japan. The first event was a customer round table held at the Siemens PLM office in Shinyokohama on Thursday October 16th. Ten major...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Nonstructural Mass Regions

Femap Tips & Tricks: Nonstructural Mass Regions

October 9, 2014

With finite element analysis the focus is usually on the structure of the component or assembly being analyzed, but there may be occasions where you need to take into account other nonstructural effe...

Astronomic Instruments Maker uses Femap to Save Time and Costs

Astronomic Instruments Maker uses Femap to Save Time and Costs

September 9, 2014

ADS International, based in Valmadrera, Lecco, Italy, has been designing and building telescope, radio telescope and astronomic instruments for nearly 30 years. The company’s two main product lines a...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Bolt Preloads with Solid Elements

Femap Tips & Tricks: Bolt Preloads with Solid Elements

August 28, 2014

While there have been methods of modeling bolt preloads in a finite element model for a long time, some are not straightforward and somewhat awkward to set up. For example you can apply thermal loads...

Dental implant maker opens new markets with Solid Edge and Femap

Dental implant maker opens new markets with Solid Edge and Femap

Biotec Srl, established in 1998 in Povolaro di Dueville near Vicenza in Italy, manufactures and sells advanced dental implants. The company performs research, innovation and clinical studies, managin...

ASME Simulation Analysis for Pressure Vessels

ASME Simulation Analysis for Pressure Vessels

Predictive Engineering uses Femap and Femap’s API (application programming interface) to create an optimized pressure vessel and obtain ASME certification. Read Shawn Wasserman’s Engineering...

Femap Tips and Tricks: Multiple Output Vector Display

Femap Tips and Tricks: Multiple Output Vector Display

This Femap tips and tricks video shows how to show results on two additional output vectors simultaneously in the same plot. Watch this video on YouTube. https://www.youtu...

Femap Symposium 2014 Keynote Video

Femap Symposium 2014 Keynote Video

In case you missed the Femap Symposium this year, you can see a video of the keynote speaker, Mark McGinnis and Emmanuel Cofie of SGT Inc., presenting The James Webb Space Tel...

Femap 11.1.2 is now available

Femap 11.1.2 is now available

Femap 11.1.2 introduces some error fixes, minor new features, the latest version of NX Nastran – version 9.1, and (with your Siemens PLM webkey) is available for download from the Siemens PLM GTAC si...

Femap Tips and Tricks: Model Info Shortcuts

Femap Tips and Tricks: Model Info Shortcuts

This video shows a couple of shortcuts in the Model Info tree that will allow you to navigate through long lists of properties or materials more easily and manage load cases and boundary conditions. ...

RIT Achieves More Accurate Analysis Results with Femap

RIT Achieves More Accurate Analysis Results with Femap

The Formula SAE® competition is a student design competition organized by SAE International (formerly Society of Automotive Engineers). Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has been a long-s...

Femap Symposium 2014 Highlights

Femap Symposium 2014 Highlights

A video showing the highlights of the 2014 Femap symposium at the Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA on May 14-16 2014 can be viewed below or on YouTube: &nb...

Femap What’s New and Roadmap at the Femap Symposium 2014

Femap What’s New and Roadmap at the Femap Symposium 2014

On May 15 th at the Femap Symposium 2014 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, GA, director of Femap development, Mark Sherman, presented an overview of the new Features in the recent re...

Femap Symposium 2014 gets underway

Femap Symposium 2014 gets underway

Karsten Newbury got the FS14 proceedings underway this morning at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, GA. Mark Sherman then talked about some recent Femap success stories within the theme of “disc...

JAXA uses Femap to reduce training costs and increase R&D efficiency

JAXA uses Femap to reduce training costs and increase R&D efficiency

The Chofu Aerospace Center (CAC) Aerodrome Branch of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) develops advanced engineering technologies for future applications. The scale of research ranges acr...

SDC Verifier presenting at the 2014 Femap Symposium

SDC Verifier presenting at the 2014 Femap Symposium

Mentioned in a previous blog, SDC Verifier continues to develop the program to help you check your design according to many different design code rules. In his presentation, Wouter will be highlighti...

Femap Tips and Tricks: Automatic Global Ply Creation

Femap Tips and Tricks: Automatic Global Ply Creation

In the analysis of composite structures, global plies are very useful in helping to postprocess as they present the results data by continuous ply rather than the whole laminate element by element, w...

Pro-Lambda Presenting at the 2014 Femap Symposium

Pro-Lambda Presenting at the 2014 Femap Symposium

Fatigue failures constitute about 90% of all fractures in machines and structures. Fatigue damage occurs when a material is subjected to a cyclic loading. At the Femap Symposium (14 – 16 May in Atlan...

MAYA HTT Presenting at the 2014 Femap Symposium

MAYA HTT Presenting at the 2014 Femap Symposium

At the Femap Symposium (14 – 16 May in Atlanta), Sairam Prabhakar from Siemens partner MAYA Heat Transfer Technologies will show the entire process of structural design and analysis on a space antenn...

Predictive Engineering Presenting at the 2014 Femap Symposium

Predictive Engineering Presenting at the 2014 Femap Symposium

One of our partners, Predictive Engineering Inc., will be attending and presenting at the Femap Symposium on 16 th May. If you haven’t already registered, do so now and come along to hear George Lai...

Register now for the Femap Symposium

Register now for the Femap Symposium

The Femap Symposium brings together Femap software users from around the world for technical training and opportunities to network with peers, industry experts, solution partners and the Femap develo...

Femap Symposium Keynote

Femap Symposium Keynote

Announcing the Femap Symposium Keynote Speakers We’re very pleased to announce that the keynote speakers for the Femap Symposium, to be held in Atlanta on May 14-16, will be Mark McGinnis (SGT Inc)...

Femap 11.1.1

Femap 11.1.1

This release includes important updates and bug fixes from the previous version 11.1 and is now available on the Siemens PLM GTAC site. No license updates are required from the previous version 11.1.

Which Graphics Card Should I Buy?

Which Graphics Card Should I Buy?

February 26, 2014

First, it is important to note that consumer video cards are mostly targeted at those running games often featured on Microsoft’s DirectX API, which runs on the Xbox. In contrast to these,...

See how NST use Femap to deliver high value to customers through simulation expertise

See how NST use Femap to deliver high value to customers through simulation expertise

February 11, 2014

Numerical Simulation Tech Co. (NST) examines how structures perform under expected loads with the help of Femap. For more than 20 years NST’s specialist computer-aided engineering (CAE) engineers hav...

Present at the Femap Symposium

Present at the Femap Symposium

January 15, 2014

Femap Symposium Registration

Femap Symposium Registration

January 15, 2014

Announcing Femap 11.1

Announcing Femap 11.1

November 17, 2013

Femap 11.1 includes something for everyone with new functionality and enhancements across the simulation process, and not to mention performance improvements. Geometry modeling Extension...

Femap 11.1 Preview – Customer Driven Enhancements

Femap 11.1 Preview – Customer Driven Enhancements

October 31, 2013

Let’s take a look at some of the new customer driven enhancements in Femap version 11.1, which is due to be released very soon.

WSE gets Siemens software grant for Femap

WSE gets Siemens software grant for Femap

October 31, 2013

Wichita State University aerospace engineering department gets a Siemens software grant for Femap.

Femap 11.1 Preview – NX Nastran Support

Femap 11.1 Preview – NX Nastran Support

October 30, 2013

Let’s take a look at some of the new enhancements that extend Femap’s support of NX Nastran in version 11.1, which is due to be released very soon. We’ll have some more Femap 11.1 vid...

Femap 11.1 Preview – FE Modeling Enhancements

Femap 11.1 Preview – FE Modeling Enhancements

October 29, 2013

Let’s take a look at some of the finite element modeling enhancements that will be coming in the next version of Femap – 11.1 due to be released very soon. We’ll have some mo...

Femap 11.1 Preview – Geometry Modeling Enhancements

Femap 11.1 Preview – Geometry Modeling Enhancements

October 28, 2013

For now we’ll take a look at some of the geometry modeling enhancements that you’ll see with the release of Femap 11.1 very soon.

Femap Tips and Tricks: Mesh Splitting

Femap Tips and Tricks: Mesh Splitting

October 15, 2013

Sometimes it’s useful to be able to split an existing mesh and have that split propagate through the model maintaining proper element connectivity. In this video we’ll see how you can achieve that in...

Why you should consider using Simulation

Why you should consider using Simulation

September 23, 2013

Virtual testing If you are involved in the manufacture and testing of prototypes, then you know just how costly and time consuming this method of design verification can be. Finite element analysis...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Solid Mesh with Beam Elements

Femap Tips & Tricks: Solid Mesh with Beam Elements

August 21, 2013

Structures like reinforced concrete where steel rebar in encased in solid concrete can be represented by 1-D rod or beam elements for the rebar inside solid 3-D tet-elements for the concrete. When se...

PlySim automates composite FE modeling to reduce design time

PlySim automates composite FE modeling to reduce design time

PlySim is a composite structural engineering consultancy which focuses on finite element analysis. Its main markets are in the renewable energy sector (wind, wave and tidal) as well as marine and civ...

Femap Symposium 2013 Highlights

Femap Symposium 2013 Highlights

Recently we saw many Femap users converging on Cincinnati for the first Femap Symposium at the Marriott at RiverCenter in Covington. After a welcome and registration event on the evening of June 26 t...

CAE process integration is crucial for Noesim

CAE process integration is crucial for Noesim

Noesim’s core focus is the provision of engineering consulting services to the aerospace industry, where it applies its significant experience in the design of structural parts for aircraft. An impor...

Femap Tips & Tricks: Entity ID Contouring for Model Checking

Femap Tips & Tricks: Entity ID Contouring for Model Checking

Femap has a lot of visualization tools that can be used to verify the model. For example it’s possible to assign colors to entity IDs allowing a quick visual check of the numbering scheme of the mode...