From geometry and meshing to solver support and postprocessing, the newly released Simcenter Femap 2412 offers a variety of enhancements and impressive performance improvements. This webinar will highlight many of these exciting updates, including the following: 
- Managed Environments: New functionality allows Simcenter Femap to interface with Teamcenter to import all geometry files, solver input files, and solver output files currently supported by Simcenter Femap.
- Performance Improvements: Simcenter Femap’s Unified Graphics Architecture has been expanded to include support for more entity types, including Nodal and Elemental Loads, as well as Nodal Constraints.
- Solver Support: It is now possible to set up Modal Frequency Response subcases in Simcenter Nastran when using the Multi-Step Nonlinear solution sequence, SOL 401.
- Postprocessing: Complex results created by Simcenter Nastran SOL 401 can now be visualized in a similar manner to complex results from other types of analysis.
- API Enhancements: API updates enhance integration flexibility with other software tools, improving overall functionality and collaboration across platforms.
Femap’s release numbering scheme is consistent with other Siemens products, where the first two digits indicate the year of release and the second two indicate the month. Simcenter Femap features a biannual release cycle with major feature releases in January and July each year and maintenance patches in between as needed.
About the Speaker:
Andy Haines, Principal Applications Engineer, Siemens
Mr. Haines became a member of the Femap development team in June 1998 and is currently a Principal Applications Engineer. Before joining Femap, he performed finite element analysis on satellite components for a large US Aerospace company. In over 25 years with Femap, he has been involved in a wide range of activities such as supporting sales engagements, participating in product planning, being the main team member performing manual testing, creating customized routines for customers using the Femap API, providing second-level customer support, teaching training classes for end users and Value-Added Resellers, and at one time wrote 90% of Simcenter Femap’s end user documentation. Andy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University.