What follows is a tried and tested method to create a Parasolid from an STL file using Mentat and MSC Apex. Summary of steps: 1) Import the STL into Mentat using the FEM option (Target Entities) 2) Export a BDF file 3) Import the BDF into MSC Apex 4) Using the "Geometry from Mesh" option, […]

Cleaning or simplifying geometry for analysis is an art (and if you don't think so, you've been doing it for too long!). There are few set rules and the tricks of the trade you normally learn by mistake or by looking over someone else's shoulder. With this blog (and possibly more), I do NOT imply […]

There are a few practical factors that can make or break your job application w.r.t your CV (resume), especially when you don't have experience I was in the position once to interview over 40 young engineers with no work experience. We had to fill 10 positions in a very short amount of time, and it […]

The video below is for completing this assignment: https://simteqengineering.co.za/blog/2017/08/21/fea-practical-assignment/ using CivilFEM. If you do not have CivilFEM installed already, you can get access to it here and follow the instructions (remember to indicate that you are a student when registering). Be sure to download the "CivilFEM with Marc" student version. It includes everything you need to run the […]

The Abderdeen group has found that on average, analysts across industries spend up to 80% of their time on CAD clean-up for analysis purposes. MSC Apex Modeller has proven without a doubt that it brings a new way of editing (and creating) geometry which rapidly improves the created meshes and within a much shorter time […]