See also SolidWorks and CosmosWorks for design+FEA analysis packages. As argueably the best mainstream software used in the mechanical design industry, SW comes with tons of add-ons, COSMOSWorks being one of them, it's also a lot cheaper than most of the packages described here. This article describes a process in which the mesh is not re-created on part redesign, but since a new problem must be created once any force or input to the part is changed, you probably would not save any time in the long run. I see this as just a small evolutionary step in FEA analysis and it's integration into the design process.
There was a great Futurama episode on this, where Fry decides to drink 100 cups of coffee (neglecting food while on his coffee bender,no pun intended). At the end of the episode (100th cup of coffee) time slowed down for him, or he went into a hyper reality and managed to save everyone from a terrible fire. Anyone willing to try a real world experiment?
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See also SolidWorks and CosmosWorks for design+FEA analysis packages. As argueably the best mainstream software used in the mechanical design industry, SW comes with tons of add-ons, COSMOSWorks being one of them, it's also a lot cheaper than most of the packages described here. This article describes a process in which the mesh is not re-created on part redesign, but since a new problem must be created once any force or input to the part is changed, you probably would not save any time in the long run. I see this as just a small evolutionary step in FEA analysis and it's integration into the design process.
There was a great Futurama episode on this, where Fry decides to drink 100 cups of coffee (neglecting food while on his coffee bender,no pun intended). At the end of the episode (100th cup of coffee) time slowed down for him, or he went into a hyper reality and managed to save everyone from a terrible fire. Anyone willing to try a real world experiment?