What is the difference between MSC Nastran and NX Nastran?
NX Nastran is a 2001 version of MSC Nastran, but has been enhanced from 2004-present. I don’t have anything to say about this version since I’ve never used it. This is an explicit onlinear FEA code developed by Altair. Abaqus and Marc are the two leading nonlinear fea codes on the market.
What is Femap used for?
Femap (Finite Element Modeling And Postprocessing) is an engineering analysis program sold by Siemens PLM Software that is used to build finite element models of complex engineering problems (“pre-processing”) and view solution results (“post-processing”).
What is Siemens Nastran?
Simcenter Nastran is a premier finite element method (FEM) solver for computational performance, accuracy, reliability and scalability.
What is Simcenter Femap?
Simcenter Femap is an advanced simulation application for creating, editing, and inspecting finite element models of complex products or systems.
What does MSC Nastran stand for?
NASTRAN is a finite element analysis (FEA) program that was originally developed for NASA in the late 1960s under United States government funding for the aerospace industry. The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation (MSC) was one of the principal and original developers of the publicly available NASTRAN code.
What is Femap in NX Nastran?
Femap is a finite element modeling and post-processing environment. It interacts with solvers such as Nastran to model physical behavior to assist in the drawing of conclusions about said behavior. Nastran is a separate finite element solver product that can be bundled within Femap.
What is the difference between NASTRAN and Patran?
Structure of PATRAN and NASTRAN PATRAN and NASTRAN are used in a variety of applications, including for primary structures, secondary structures, helicopter structures, and more. PATRAN is the pre/post processor, while NASTRAN is the solver.
How does NASTRAN work?
Associated software NASTRAN is primarily a solver for finite element analysis. It does not have functionality that allows for graphically building a model or meshing. These software tools include functionality to import and simplify CAD geometry, mesh with finite elements, and apply loads and restraints.