Coordinating design work and FEM calculations costs time and money. This is especially true when it takes up your designers' valuable productive time. However, this can be avoided if designers carry out certain preliminary layout steps themselves.

We introduce your designers to this topic. The course is aimed at engineers working with CATIA V5 or Pro/ENGINEER. Both systems have supplementary modules for linear FEM calculations in the shape of Generative Part Structural Analysis (GPS) and Generative Assembly Structural Analysis (GAS), as well as
PLM Express GAE and Pro/MECHANICA. These tools allow designers to perform a large proportion of the necessary FEM calculations themselves.

Training example I: 3-day CATIA V5 FEM GPS/GAS training.

V5 designers are trained to perform strength analyses on individual parts (GPS) and whole assemblies (GAS). As part of this, they are familiarized with the following functions and topics:

• Introduction to principles of strength analysis
• Definition of different mounting and load conditions
• Definition of part connections and mountings
• Implementation of strength and natural frequency analyses
• Viewing and evaluating results
• Optimization of networking

Participants must have basic training in V5. Courses are scheduled to suit individual requirements.

Training example II: 2-day Pro/MECHANICA training course is designed for Pro/ENGINEER users.

The aim of the course is to enable designers to perform their own structural-mechanical calculations. The course covers, for example:

• Introduction and technology overview
• Process overview and modeling
• Automatic element generation
• Definition and implementation of static and modal analyses
• Scrutiny and evaluation of results
• Definition of design variables
• Parameter studies and optimization
• Tips and tricks, and exercises to reinforce what has been learned

Participants must have the basic knowledge covered in the Pro/ENGINEER basic course. If participants are expected to design or modify CAD models themselves, they should also first attend a Pro/ENGINEER advanced course.

Training is also available for contact, buckling and pre-stressing analyses if required.