Femap Analysis
As a standalone simulation solution, Femap incorporates finite element modeling and analysis functionality within a modern user-interface. Supporting a full range of advanced analysis types, Femap can help you analyze parts and assemblies, model composite materials, and review simulation results quickly and efficiently. You can even customize Femap to suit your design processes.
Femap offers the greatest cost to performance ratio in the industry and provides exceptional value for money both in terms of initial purchase and ongoing maintenance.
Femap Usability
Femap packs in-depth finite element analysis functionality into an up-to-date user-interface and presents advanced modeling techniques in an intuitive style. You’ll find Femap quick to learn and you’ll be up and running after only two day’s training. If you are an infrequent user of simulation, you’ll be able to rapidly pick Femap up as and when you need to. Femap lets you get on with the task in hand efficiently, makes the best use of your time and boosts your productivity.
Access CAD data from multiple sources
Open systems simulation is important particularly if you need to access data from multiple sources. Femap supports with all major CAD systems and modeling data formats, which means that you can transfer data efficiently, and reliably import the CAD model into Femap ready for finite element simulation.
Scalable simulation
Although you may not need some of the more advanced functionality initially, with Femap you can expand your simulation horizons when you need to. So as the amount of simulation performed increases and your requirements grow to take on more sophisticated analyses such as dynamics or design optimization, Femap can expand to provide advanced functionality as required.
Accurate assembly modeling
You can automatically set up an assembly model in Femap using the contact detection functionality to establish the components that are initially touching. Various contact definitions are available that let you define representative mating conditions between connecting parts. The solution in NX Nastran is iterative and updates to take deformation changes into account providing the true contact condition in the final results. Using Femap results for assembly models can be determined accurately and efficiently.
Composite material modeling
The use of composite materials has increased tremendously in recent years, particularly in the aerospace and automotive industries where the need to design lighter components without compromising strength or function is vital. You can create, modify and view layups using Femap’s Layup Editor and Layup Viewer. Postprocessing you can take advantage of Femap’s global composite ply functionality to view results on individual plies across the structure.
Results interpretation
Post analysis the task of reviewing and comprehending the results can be overwhelming, particularly with the amount of data that can be generated for larger models. With Femap you have complete control over results data selection and a wide array of display tools to help you sort and visualize pertinent results and gain a quick understanding of the model behavior.
Femap helps you customize the simulation tasks to fit your design processes
Sometimes an off-the-shelf product doesn’t completely fit the bill, and a non-standard solution is required. You can use Femap’s Application Programming Interface (API), with its own built-in programming environment, to customize the way Femap works and how it interacts with other programs, and synchronize it with your design processes and workflows.
Femap value
Femap offers the greatest cost to performance ratio in the industry and provides exceptional value for money both in terms of initial purchase and ongoing maintenance. Also because it’s easy to deploy and use, IT and training overheads are low.
Fast and efficient simulation
With the combination of an intuitive, easy to use user interface and powerful modeling functionality, you can use Femap to produce finite element models efficiently. Post analysis you can take advantage of Femap’s efficient results data selection, sorting and reviewing capabilities to gain a quick understanding of the model behavior.
Femap Base
Femap Finite Element Modeling and Post-Processing. Femap is a general purpose, CAD-independent, solver neutral, pre- and post-processor for engineering finite element analysis (FEA). Femap can import CAD data from I-deas, NX, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, Catia v4, Pro/E, ACIS, Parasolid, IGES, STEP etc. An optional Catia v5 CAD Data Translator (E076) can be added to this license. Femap is available with either floating or node locked licensing.
Finite Element models for structural, thermal, and dynamic analysis of engineered parts or assemblies can be constructed using CAD geometry as the baseline, or constructed bottom up in a traditional finite element modeling process.
Femap supports twenty FEA solvers, most notably NX Nastran, MSC Nastran, ANSYS, ABAQUS and LS-DYNA. An extensive array of element types, material models, idealization, including mid-surfacing and solid geometry cleanup and simplification make it possible to create efficient and accurate models of any engineered structure. Femap includes integrated geometry editing and creation for wireframe, surface, and solid geometry using the Parasolid geometry kernel.
Femap E004 serves as the prerequisite for numerous Femap options, including several levels of NX Nastran functionality, basic and advanced thermal analysis, fluid flow analysis, and a specialized structural analysis toolkit with extensive NASTRAN post-processing functionality.
FEMAP Thermal Solver
The Femap Thermal Solver adds state-of-the-art thermal analysis solutions to the Femap environment and provides fast and accurate solutions to complex thermal engineering problems. Using finite-element mesh, finite-volume based numerical techniques, the Femap Thermal Solver makes it easy to model nonlinear and transient heat transfer processes including conduction, radiation as well as phase change.
Leading-edge solver technology provides solid reliability and superior solution speed for even the most challenging problems. With Femap, accurate thermal analysis can be performed quickly and effectively, delivering the engineering insight and turnaround speed needed to ensure success within today's rapid development cycles.
FEMAP Advanced Thermal Solver
The Femap Advanced Thermal Solver adds a number of more advanced thermal modeling and simulation capabilities to the Femap Thermal Solver package including 1D fluid network modeling and free and forced convection.
An extensive suite of thermal modeling tools are provided to allow users to define more advanced and sophisticated thermal simulations, such as radiation and spacecraft modeling, including solar and orbital heating, orbit modeling and display, ray tracing capabilities, and articulating structures. These extensive modeling tools are also complemented by a number of more advanced solver features such as custom user subroutines, model simplification, sub-structuring and interfaces to industry thermal codes.
Femap with NX Nastran Options
- Dynamic Response
- Aeroelasticity
- Design Optimization
- Super Elements
- DMAP
- Advanced Nonlinear Solver
- Rotor Dynamics
- Topology Optimization
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