Below are just some of the reasons why you should consider Femap as the first choice for your engineering analysis environment.

Femap is easy to use

Packaging powerful analysis functionality into an easy to use application is no mean feat, but Femap does just that. This means that you won’t have to spend weeks learning how to use it, and if you are an infrequent user of simulation, you’ll be able to rapidly pick it up again when you need to. Femap lets you get on with the task in hand efficiently and make the best use of your time.

"In our work with SpaceShipOne, we selected Femap as the central processor before going to Nastran. In our opinion, it’s one of the best solutions on the market, and it’s very easy to use. We have other pre- and post-processors available, but they’re less user-friendly and less capable overall. Femap is a superior product."

-- Chris Flannigan - Quartus Co-founder and Vice President of Engineering – Quartus Engineering

Femap accesses CAD data from just about any source

Open systems simulation is important particularly for companies that need to access data from various sources. Femap will reliably interact with most CAD systems and supports most CAD formats, which means that you can transfer data efficiently and reliably and bring in the modeling data needed for simulation.

"What makes Femap unique is that it is independent. It doesn’t have a particular solver preference and it isn’t aligned with a particular CAD program. It supports them all. And when you need to create your own geometry from scratch, that’s where Femap really shines."

-- George Laird – Predictive Engineering

Femap offers a full range of analysis functionality

Although you may not need some of the more advanced functionality initially, with Femap you can expand your simulation horizons when you need to. So as your simulation requirements grow to take on dynamic analysis, or design optimization for example, Femap will be there with the required functionality when you need it.

"Femap is a functionally rich application that has been built to deliver a specific set of tools to a wide range of users from the design engineer to the advanced analyst. It serves both ends of the market equally well. Combined with the lower than expected price, it is a worthy application in any toolkit – and deserves to be investigated by anyone with even the most transitory interest in analysis and simulation."

-- Al Dean – Technology Editor – MCAD Magazine

Femap simulates assemblies efficiently and easily

The need to model assemblies these days is becoming more important, and Femap is well equipped to deal with this kind of requirement. Femap, with its automatic contact detection functionality and variety of contact definitions, lets you define the mating conditions between connecting parts efficiently and accurately.

“An important consideration in our selection of Femap was the fact that it can handle contact surface problems.”

-- Dirk Koep – Designer – Ruhrpumpen

Femap models composite materials

The use of composite materials has increased tremendously in recent years, particularly in the aerospace and automotive industries where the need to design lighter components without compromising strength or function is vital. Femap can model composite materials and includes a special editor to create and modify layups and includes some specialized laminate visualization functionality.

"Femap has good composite modeling functionality. Having an FEA package where we can model laminates is very important. There can be anywhere from 50 to 100 laminate layers."

-- Mark Harrison - Engineering Manager - RPC Technologies

Femap helps you interpret the results

Post analysis the task of reviewing and comprehending the results can be daunting, particularly with the amount of data that can be generated for larger models. Femap has powerful visualization capabilities that let you get to grips with the results and gain a quick understanding of the model behavior.

-- Kofi Nelson-Owusu – Building Engineer – Washington County Building Services

Femap helps you customize the simulation tasks to fit your design processes

Sometimes an off-the-shelf product doesn’t completely fit the bill, and a non-standard solution is required. Femap has an Application Programming Interface (API) that comes with its own programming environment that can customize the way the program works, and interacts with other programs, to synchronize with your processes and workflows.

“The integrated Visual Basic interface of Femap provides an unchallenged way to integrate our calculation tools to aid in further post processing, substantiation and documentation of stress analysis, particularly composite structures, leading to a faster automated process.”

Christopher Bach – Spokesman – Eurocopter

Femap is cost effective

Femap offers the greatest cost to performance ratio in the industry and offers exceptional value for money both in terms of initial purchase and ongoing maintenance. Also because it’s easy to deploy and use, there is no great IT or training overhead required either.

"Overall, it’s the most cost-effective pre- and post-processor available. We’re not a large company, so it’s a good fit for us. We find Femap to be the best value product – the most capable for the cost. And our customers’ evaluations reveal that they consistently agree.”

-- David Hunt - Vice President of Business Development – ATA Engineering

Femap offers fast simulation

With an easy to use and intuitive user interface and powerful modeling functionality, Femap produces models efficiently. Post analysis with Femap’s results reviewing functionality you gain a quick understanding of the model behavior.

“Clients usually want results right away. They’re at a relatively late stage in the design and they need this information before they go further. I appreciate Femap because it helps me work as quickly as possible.”

-- Kevin Thomas – engineering analysis services provider

Femap has a wide customer base

Femap has thousands of satisfied customers in all industries and all sizes of company around the world, and the user base is continuing to grow.

“Femap is used by everyone at NASA. Everyone is comfortable with it and knows how powerful it is.”

-- Mike Pagnotta - President - Pagnotta Engineering