CATIA FEA TUTORIAL.pdf

ELFINI, Generative Part & Generative Assembly
Structural Analysis
Preface
Getting Started
Basic Tasks
Workbench
Description
Glossary
Index

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Preface
CATIA - ELFINI Structural Analysis, CATIA - Generative Part Structural
Analysis and CATIA -Generative Assembly Structural Analysis Version 5
Release 4 products allow you to rapidly perform first order mechanical analysis for 3D
parts systems.
As a scalable line of products, CATIA - ELFINI Structural Analysis Version Release 4
along with CATIA - Generative Part Structural Analysis and CATIA - Generative
Assembly Structural Analysis can be cooperatively used with other current or future
companion CATIA Version 5 products such as CATIA - Part Design, CATIA - Assembly
Design and CATIA - Generative Drafting. The widest application portfolio in the industry
is also accessible through interoperability with CATIA Solutions Version 4 to enable
support of the full product development process from initial concept to product in
operation.
The CATIA - Generative Part Structural Analysis application is intended for the casual
user. Indeed, its intuitive interface offers the possibility to obtain mechanical behavior
information with very few interactions. The dialog boxes are self explanatory and require
practically no methodology, all defining steps mutative.
The CATIA - Generative Assembly Structural Analysis product has been designed as an
integrated extension to CATIA - Generative Part Structural Analysis enabling the study of
the mechanical behavior of a whole assembly. The product has been conceived with the
same "easy to learn" and "fun to use" ergonomy principles.
The CATIA - ELFINI Structural Analysis product is a natural extensions of both, fully
based on the V5 architecture. It represents the basis of all future CATIA mechanical
analysis developments.
The CATIA - ELFINI Structural Analysis User's Guide have been designed to show yo