Femap Tips & Tricks: Nonstructural Mass Regions

Femap Tips & Tricks: Nonstructural Mass Regions

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

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…

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 Custom Tools Documentation

Femap Custom Tools Documentation

Occasionally a handy new feature of Femap sneaks under the radar, and we recently stumbled across new documentation for the Femap Custom Tools.
 
The Custom Tools were previously “documented…

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. 
 
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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

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…