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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…