COSMOSWorks

CADalyst, Dec, 2004

COSMOSWorks from SolidWorks exemplifies the ongoing trend toward analysis for the desktop--tools that integrate directly with CAD software so designers can run quick design checks and what-if simulations as they work. COSMOSWorks performs FEA (finite element analysis). It simulates the working conditions of SolidWorks models and predicts their physical behavior. COSMOSWorks balances the need to make analyses simple for new users with providing additional sophistication for more experienced users. Reviewer Jeffrey Rowe was particularly impressed by the new drop test, "especially for an analysis product in this price range." He predicts that few users will outgrow COSMOSWorks: "The more they use it and become better acquainted with its settings and how to interpret its results, the more they discover what it can do." www.cosmosworks.com

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