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Core tools that analyze performance and strength of marine structures, which are typically built specifically for each application, are critical and Longitude Engineering relies on Femap for global and local finite element analysis.<\/P>
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With over 35 offices worldwide, LOC has access to many potential markets. Initially however, the use of Femap within LOC was limited to just one of Longitude Engineering\u2019s sites. Other sites did not have access to this capability and clearly there was a huge opportunity to strengthen the company\u2019s engineering capacity and be more consistent when bidding for multi-national contracts. With licenses available across a wide area network in five different time zones, consultants across the globe could standardize on Femap. This also allowed for a \u201cfollow the sun\u201d efficiency for LOC\u2019s global workforce with engineers in each successive time zone taking over usage of licenses.<\/P><\/p>\n
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For LOC, one of the outstanding benefits of Femap was ease of use. The use of Femap is helping to achieve engineering consistency across the group, with LOC operating at a high level, and Longitude Engineering going into the full detail. Femap can be used to show what forces a structure can withstand, or where material can be reduced. LOC\u2019s engineers can quickly identify areas of high stress and easily redesign a structure to reduce them. The approach is helping LOC to reduce its overall s peed of development, helping to meet deadlines with engineers able to pass models from one office to another maximizing their effectiveness.<\/P>
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You can read the full case study<\/A> and see how for LOC uses Femap to optimize efficient global collaboration for business growth. <\/P>
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Watch the video case study on YouTube<\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n