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Table of contents 1. Depth of analysis functionality 1 2. Post-processing versatility 2 3. Versatile modeling and visualization tools 3 4. Supports a broad range of engineering disciplines 3 5. Scalability of solutions 3 6. Easy to deploy 4 7. Low total cost of ownership 4 8. Solver neutral support 4 9. CAD independent 4 10. Powerful customization tools 5 Top 10 reasons to buy Femap with NX Nastran

The following items represent just a sample of the multitude of 1. Depth of analysis functionality technical and commercial reasons for investing in Femap software The high level of analysis functionality exposed by Femap and with NX Nastran and clearly show why Femap with NX Nastran is supported by the user interface provides great value to full-time the leader for CAE products in the small to medium and large analysts and occasional-use multi-disciplinary engineers alike and enterprise markets. cannot be matched by other solution offerings in the industry. This For more information on Femap with NX Nastran, please go to combined with the level of advanced analysis solutions offered by NX www.siemens.com/plm/femap. Nastran makes the Femap with NX Nastran combination able to solve more complex engineering problems in a straightforward manner. This document is intended to help you understand the strengths of Femap with NX Nastran and the following are the top ten Nastran is traditionally a very capable solver for dynamic response differentiators of the product and package. analysis, and additional dynamics solutions that are supported by Femap

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with NX Nastran, but not by competitive offerings include random response, response spectrum, material and geometric nonlinearity with time-dependent loading and rigid and deformable body contact. Other types of advanced analysis options offered by NX Nastran, and are not covered by competitive products, include implicit integration nonlinearity, advanced thermal analysis solutions and 3D computational fluid dynamics. Femap with NX Nastran provides the tools necessary to get the job done, no matter how great the demands are of the engineering problem being solved.

Competitive advantages • Femap has a very high level of integration with the various Nastran solvers available on the market, and allows the power and dependability of the world’s premier solver to be accessed easily • Commitment to ongoing product development and enhancement • Advanced nonlinear, heat transfer and fluid flow capabilities • The base analysis module of Femap with NX Nastran offers more advanced analysis functionality and includes heat transfer and 2. Post-processing versatility nonlinear capabilities – as well as more Post solution, Femap offers more results processing tools to enable recent additions such as linear quick and efficient understanding of the behavior of the system under contact, glued connection, analysis. Additional tools including time animations, streamlines, cutting assembly management, spot planes, free-body diagrams, grid point force balance, bar and beam welds and the fast visualization and shear and bending moment diagrams, and user defined iterative solver reports are provided by Femap. Furthermore, Femap offers versatile results processing functionality that allow the result combinations to be made after the analysis has completed, and data mapping to create input loading for results quantities for subsequent analysis.

Competitive advantages • Comprehensive post-processing display and reporting tools which allow faster comprehension of results • Versatile results combination and manipulation functionality • Results mapping to create loading cases for subsequent analysis

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3. Versatile modeling and visualization tools 5. Scalability of solutions Femap includes an impressive array of versatile modeling and Femap offers scalable solutions and can be used to simulate everything visualization tools to aid FE model creation and verification prior to from simple solid components to entire spacecraft assemblies, within the analysis. the same user interface. Femap with NX Nastran can be tailored to specific customer needs, and can expand to meet future demands Additional capabilities include the following: without the need for additional product procurement or retraining. • Loads and boundary conditions can be applied both directly to the geometry Competitive advantages model, or to the FE entities created after • Femap with NX Nastran offers a scalable solution up to the most meshing advanced type of analyses within the same user interface • Time and temperature dependent loads can • No need to move to alternative solutions with differing user be applied for transient dynamic and heat interfaces that would require transfer analyses increased investment • Application of loads based on equations, and retraining functions • Weldment modeling • Visualization using model transparency

Competitive advantages • Optional exposure of FEA entities for application of loads and boundary conditions on geometry • Definition of loading for heat transfer and advanced dynamics analyses • Advanced methods of defining loads – equation or function based

4. Supports a broad range of engineering disciplines From simple linear static analysis right through to robust advanced solutions based computational fluid dynamics, engineers and analysts use Femap to virtually simulate a complete range of product behavior. The advanced analysis capabilities available with Femap with NX Nastran employ the Nastran and TMG solvers and provide proven industrial strength solutions of known and trusted quality. These advanced solutions enjoy an excellent reputation, and have been used to solve the most demanding real world engineering problems by large enterprise engineering companies for many years.

Competitive advantages • High quality advanced analysis solutions including heat transfer, fluid flow, and advanced nonlinear options using world renowned solver products

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6. Easy to deploy 8. Solver neutral support With a native Windows environment, Femap offers comprehensive Femap can be used with a large variety of solvers, allowing access to analysis functionality that is easy to use and quick to learn. This brings many types of advanced analysis solutions. There is no limitation with about a reduced training overhead and allows engineers to maintain access to alternative solvers for advanced or alternative analysis maximum productivity even when Femap is used on an occasional solutions. basis. Competitive advantages Competitive advantages • Access to all of the main analysis solvers in the industry, which • Fast learning curve that reduces the necessary time investment allows greater access to advanced analyses while remaining in the before productivity returns can be gained familiar Femap user interface • Typically a two day training course is all that is required to instruct • No need to retrain to use an alternative modeling solution in order Femap users in the working of the product to use another solver • The quick to learn user interface allows maximum productivity to be maintained, even with occasional use 9. CAD independent Femap offers neutral CAD support that allows the analyst or engineer 7. Low total cost of ownership ® access to any kind of CAD data. Femap leverages the The depth and true scalability of functionality offered by Femap modeling kernel that allows direct access to Parasolid data for surface provides exceptional value. Femap with NX Nastran offers a complete and solid modeling, and provides robust advanced geometric tools range of powerful analysis options at competitive prices. necessary to access non-Parasolid geometry. In addition, Femap is fully associative with ® software. Competitive advantages Competitive advantages • Access to the world’s premier PC modeling solution and FEA solver at very competitive pricing • You can import CAD data from any source into Femap for analysis • The scalability of the products means that as the customer • Not limited to the modeling restrictions of a CAD embedded simulation needs grow without need to make any further investment application, and offers full functionality with respect to 1D, 2D and in other high end solutions to perform advanced analyses 3D geometry manipulation, meshing and finite element libraries • Low cost of deployment is a major factor in low overall cost of ownership

4 10. Powerful customization tools provides direct access to all Femap objects and functionality. The Femap offers a comprehensive set of customization tools including a BASIC engine is fully OLE/COM compliant and can interface with fully featured application programming interface and a facility to record, Femap as well as any OLE/COM compliant program such as Word or edit and play user-defined macros. Excel. You can create custom programs that transfer model information to Word or Excel to create customized reports. The new Program File capability is hosted in its own Femap window. User-defined macros can be recorded, edited, debugged and played The competitive products do not include such a capability. back all within the Femap interface. Macros to automate repetitive Competitive advantages modeling tasks for example, can be created in an easy and straight- forward manner, and once created, can be added to any Femap toolbar, • You can customize any aspect of the use of Femap adding bespoke providing powerful automation tools that are easy to use and deploy. functionality to suit your design and analysis processes • You can record, edit, debug and playback user-defined macros In addition to the macro-driven Program Files, a full-featured BASIC directly in the Femap interface development environment in a separate window is available. Directly • Through the API, Femap can interact with external programs in a from Femap’s user interface, you can now access the OLE/COM manner that is completely customizable by the user object-oriented FEMAP Application Programming Interface (API) that

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