Dan Ruggirello wrote:

Paul,
I have the 2001 student edition and it came with Mechanica (the FEA
package).  Did you get Mechanica?  As far as it being a front end, Pro/E
alone could be used as a front end for FEA just as well as Rhino.  You would
import an IGES into the FEA package.  If you got Mechanica, it will import
the pro/e native format and may be more seamless.

Havn't used the behavioral modeling features yet.  I did find the mechanism
modeler very helpful designing control linkages and checking the motion for
fit and binding.  Makes nice animations too.  If you have Mechanica and a
C++ compiler, you could also derive the loads on the linkages faster than
importing the linkage into a stand alone FEA package and running it.

Dan

Don't know I guess I'll have to load it and find out.
Said nothing about Mechanica on the box.

Paul Lamar
 
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