{"id":7277,"date":"2015-02-27T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T22:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Simcenter-Blog\/Continuing-the-Femap-Symposium-Series-2015-in-Washington-DC\/ba-p\/292470"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:59:49","slug":"continuing-the-femap-symposium-series-2015-in-washington-dc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/continuing-the-femap-symposium-series-2015-in-washington-dc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing the Femap Symposium Series 2015 in Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n

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In addition to seeing the latest capabilities in Femap 11.2, attendees also had the chance to hear a couple of user presentations, and learn more about Femap\u2019s API and free body postprocessing tool, not to mention walk around the museum and look at some of the fascinating exhibits.<\/P><\/p>\n

Dr. Chris Mairs of Cardinal Engineering talked about using Femap\u2019s API in modeling ship piping and foundations.<\/P><\/p>\n

\"Femap<\/span><\/P><\/p>\n

Andrew Sayles and Thomas McQuigg of Orbital ATK Space Systems Group presented some examples of Femap use in spacecraft analysis.<\/P><\/p>\n

\"Femap<\/span><\/P><\/p>\n

Russ Hilley, a Femap expert at SDA, gave a presentation about understanding free bodies in Femap.<\/P><\/p>\n

\"Femap<\/span><\/P><\/p>\n

Eric Gustafson of SDA presented some examples of advanced API programming.<\/P><\/p>\n

\"Femap<\/span><\/P><\/p>\n

Femap developers Mark Sherman and Andy Haines updated everyone with the latest capabilities in Femap version 11.2.<\/P><\/p>\n

\"Femap<\/span><\/P><\/p>\n

As usual, the event finished with a developer roundtable giving the attendees a chance to put questions directly to the Femap developers, represented on this occasion by Mark Sherman, Patrick Kriengsiri, Dan Hinkle, Bill Cobb, Chip Fricke, Andy Haines and Joe Brackin.<\/P><\/p>\n

\"Femap<\/span><\/P><\/p>\n

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum was certainly a fantastic setting for this event, and a great way to continue the Femap Symposium Series 2015. Don\u2019t worry if you\u2019ve missed these events so far, you will have a chance to attend one of the others that we are planning at various locations across the country throughout the remainder of the year.<\/P><\/p>\n

Checkout the schedule<\/A> and register<\/A> for one near you.<\/P><\/p>\n

Our thanks to SDA for organizing this event and ensuring its success. You can view the presentations in the Femap Community Knowledge Base<\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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