Hi, so here is the situation: I'm a 3rd year mech engineering student. Due to involvement in various projects and electives, I'm starting to do some more serious CAD (SolidWorks) and FEA (ANSYS) work, ...

DraftSight is free CAD software that lets users create, edit, and view DWG files. The newest version works on Windows, Mac, and Linux O/Ss DraftSight is free CAD software that lets users create, edit, ...

The NEi Nastran in-CAD 2011, an finite element analysis (FEA) solution that is delivered in a three-dimensional (3D) environment. With this tool, product design teams can perform FEA pre-processing, ...

The sharing of data between CAD, CAE, and CAM has grown to include machining, molding, and PLM. So true interoperability is a necessity to ensure product-data quality (PDQ) throughout the enterprise.

It has long been the dream of engineering-software providers -- both on the analysis side and design side -- that these two stages of product development be more closely integrated. That's also the ...