Autodesk Sim 360 is a Web-based FEA (finite element analysis) program meant for use early in the design process. It can be used to conduct studies on the effects of static stress, modal frequencies, structural buckling, fatigue, heat transfer, and thermal stresses – these were available at the time of the writing; more analyses may be added later. Autodesk targets the package at smaller engineering firms and independent consultants specifically, those that the company feels may have traditionally shied away from FEA because of either the investment required or time constraints.
What’s Special About Sim 360?
There are a few things that are special about Sim 360.
Web-based. To begin with, Sim 360 is Web-based – ‘360’ being Autodesk’s moniker for Web-based services. This means that it can resolve a roadblock that prevents FEA tools from being used more widely: it harnessing the seemingly limitless processing power of what is more commonly referred to as “cloud computing.” (more…)
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