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FEA and structural analysis software
News Release from: Noran Engineering | Subject: NEiWorks
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 January 2005
Finite element analysis is made for
SolidWorks
NEiWorks not only provides all of NEiNastran's comprehensive analysis capabilities to SolidWorks users, but also allows sharing of data across the full community of other Nastran users.
Until now, Nastran based finite element analysis has been engineering software lacking direct integration into any specific CAD product, and segregated in its use to isolated communities of high end analysts The 2005 development roadmap of NEiWorks, a SolidWorks embedded Nastran finite element analysis (FEA) tool, is a groundbreaking product strategy that departs from that industry practice
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Noran Engineering has begun shipping NEiWorks, its novel embedded Nastran finite element analysis (FEA) tool for SolidWorks.
NEiWorks will not only provide all of NEiNastran's comprehensive analysis capabilities to SolidWorks users, but will also allow sharing of data across the full community of other Nastran users.
This would include analysis products like NEiNastran, MSC.Nastran and NX Nastran.
SolidWorks users are the first CAD audience to have this embedded Nastran FEA path.
NEiWorks was introduced in December 2004 and received recognition from NASA Tech Briefs magazine being named to its Product of the Year competition.
Noran Engineering's release of v1.1 of NEiWorks is an important step in the product roadmap because it adds key features for the major markets of aerospace, automotive and maritime industries providing full results post processing, the ability to handle assemblies, and nonlinear contact analysis using these assemblies.
A 2min Camtasia presentation on the Noran website demonstrates the product.
Companies with SolidWorks are adopting NEiWorks based on its promising ability to break down product development barriers between designers and analysts at their suppliers, customers, and even within their own organisations.
By easily sharing Nastran FEA data among designers and analysts in these groups, SolidWorks users can leverage Nastran FEA's high end capabilities, reputation, and wide industry acceptance while retaining the ease-of-use, familiarity and investment they have in the SolidWorks environment.
In addition, NEiWorks fits naturally into the SolidWorks embedded product line, giving a path from introductory FEA using CosmosWorks to the more advanced Nastran analysis and data sharing capabilities of NEiWorks.
SolidWorks users are the first CAD audience that will have this embedded path to the full Nastran FEA community.
Nastran has a long history and extensive user community in aerospace, automotive and maritime industries.
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