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New FEA package question.

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aerogant

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Is anyone familiar with NeNastran's new FEA package, in-CAD?
NEi Nastran in-CAD | 3D CAD Modeler + Nastran FEA

This is touted as having decent 3d modelling ability, as well as being (relatively) affordable. I think they are asking a little less than 5k for the linear elastic version.

I've been looking for a decent FEA package for a while and this has been about the only thing I've found that doesn't start in the 10k range.

Would this be sufficient for a small plane, or would it be missing some important features?
I would gladly welcome any thoughts on this.

Thanks.

-j
 
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