On this page, example assignments from 2014 of Stellenbosch University's Mechanical Engineering department will be set up using Patran and solved using MSC Nastran. For complicated geometry cleanup and preparation, MSC Apex may be used. The assignments were prepared by Dr Martin Venter from Stellenbosch University's Mechanical Engineering department. The videos on this page will […]

The steps below show an overview on how to use Topology Optimization (Design by Mass and Volume) correctly (read Doing Topology Optimization right for more background on this subject). This procedure can be used very successfully to create economically designed parts from scratch with minimum effort. The most important aspect of this process is that […]

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 […]

ESTEQ sponsored 3 prizes to the final-year mechanical engineering students at the University of Pretoria for the following categories. Best Student in Aeronautical Design – Carla Ubbink 2nd Place Presentation - Matthew Erasmus Best Poster in Mechanical Engineering - Hendrik Eksteen