MSC Apex Generative Design uses smart algorithms with built in manufacturing constraints to create optimized structures in seconds and minutes based on user design criteria.
Patran is a generic Pre- and Post-Processor mostly used for Nastran, but supporting additional products from MSC and other FEA suppliers.
MSC Apex is the new CAE platform from Hexagon | MSC Software that consists of different modules and products for all future developments and integration of simulation tools. MSC Apex currently consists of 3 modules: MSC Apex Modeller, Structures and Generative Design.
CivilFEM is a user-interface designed for Civil-, Structural- and Geotechnical-Engineering applications. It uses the Marc solver in the background, but talks the language of Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering codes of practice.