FEA automates analysis: design simulation and analysis is not just for experts anymore

CADalyst, March, 2004 by Don LaCourse

Now FEA is as easy as point, frame, and shoot (model, mesh, and analyze). It would make your dad proud--and more than a little envious.

Articles & Online Resources

* Find more examples of FEA programs at www.cadalyst.com

* Get free modeling tips at www.edochelp.com

* "Finite Element Analysis and 3D Modeling," February 2001, p. 56

* "Applying Finite-element Analysis: Insights from FEA Vendors," March 2003, p. 44, www.cad alyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=79629

* "Simulation Speeds Product Design," August 2003, p. 41, www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/art icleDetail.jsp?id=79645

Don LaCourse (don.lacourse@ cadalyst.com) has spent the last 25 years in product design, mold design, and CAD/CAM operations. He is a Cadalyst contributing editor and president of eDocHelp, a design, applications support, and online help documentation firm in Cookeville, Tennessee.