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SimOffice 2.1
Features List
CAD neutral - supports most of the leading CAD formats and interchange formats:
- Unigraphics
- Catia V4 and V5
- Pro/Engineer
- Autodesk
- Parsolids
- STEP
- ACIS
- IGES
- FEMAP
Geometry Modeling to meet Finite Element modeling needs:
- Create, modify and delete geometric entities including:
- Points
- Curves
- Surfaces
- Solids
- Coordinate systems
- Clean and prepare geometry for meshing
Comprehensive Finite Element Modeling:
- Create, manage and apply materials and properties:
- Standard materials database included
- Non-linear material models including elasto-plastic, rubber, and composites
- Isotropic, 2D and 3D isotropic materials
- Composite with laminate construction
- Beam section property creation and standard database
- Create, manage and apply loads and boundary conditions:
- Concentrated, total, and pressure loads
- Thermal loads
- Structural constraints
- Deformable and rigid contacts
- Work with both finite element and geometric entities
- Manage user defined materials and loads databases using Microsoft Excel
- Automatic and manual meshing, with mesh quality assessment:
- Solids
- Surfaces (shells)
- Curves
- Supports linear and higher order elements:
- 8 node and 20 node hexahedral (HEX) solids
- 4 node and 10 node tetrahedral (TET) solids
- 4 node and 8 node (QUAD) shells
- 3 node and 6 node triangular (TRIA) shells
- 2 node BAR elements
- 1 node mass elements
- Connection modeling for assemblies
Simulation and Post-processing Support:
- Embedded MD-Nastran solver
- Submit simulation directly from SimOffice
- Automatically retrieve results
- Review and analyze results:
- Deformations
- Stresses, strains and contact forces
- Fringe and Vector plots
- Graphing of results and export directly to Excel
Automation and Integration:
- Run PATRAN session files and PATRAN Command Language (PCL) script files
- Macro record and replay using .NET (Visual Basic) scripting
- Create and run Excel driven design studies based on captured macros