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Concurrent Engineering
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Finite Element Analysis
- Solid, Shell and Beam modeling
- h and p adaptive element type
- Mesh control capabilities
- Failure Mesh Diagnostic
- Simplify model tool for meshing
- Customisable Material Library
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Contacts and Connectors
- Bonded contact condition
- Node-to-node, surface-to-surface contact condition
- Shrink Fit condition
- Virtual Wall condition
- Connectors: bolt, spring, pin, elastic support and bearing
- Connectors Safety Check
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Post Processing
- Contour, Iso-Surface, Surface, Section Result Plot
- Probe tool
- Design Insight
- Compare test data
- List values on selected entities
- Animation of Results
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Communication
- Customisable simulation report
- eDrawings of Simulation results
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Linear Static Simulation for Assembly
- Analyse the structural behavior or parts and assemblies under loading
- Fixtures to prescribe zero or non-zero displacements
- Structural loads
- Temperature loading
- Import Flow/Thermal Effects
- Calculation of stress, strain, displacement and FOS
- Calculation of reaction forces and moments
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Time Based Mechanism Motion Simulation
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Design Comparison Studies
- What-if scenarios based on defined variables (dimensions, mass properties, simulation data)
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Fatigue Simulation
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Trend Tracker
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Design Optimisation
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Advanced Contacts & Connectors
- Thermal contact resistance condition
- Insulated condition
- Edge and spot weld connector
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Event-Based Motion Simulation
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Frequency Simulation
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Buckling or Collapse Simulation
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Structural Thermal Simulation
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Drop Test Simulation
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Pressure Vessel Design Simulation
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Submodeling Simulation
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2D Simplification
- Plane Stress
- Plane Strain
- Axisymmetric
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Non Linear Simulation
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Dynamic Simulation
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Composites Components Simulation
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