Another one to try maybe FEMLAB.
It is an add-on to MATLAB, but the latest version can be run as a stand
alone package.
http://www.comsol.com/
We have just been through an exercise at work to get a FEM/CFD package.
What happened highlights the problem in this area.
The mechanical team are all PC based, because there is no high end CAD
system on the Mac (ProE, SolidWorks, AutoCad etc.).
Because of this there is no need to look at mac based FEM/CAD systems.
So, for the engineering community which use these tools to enhance
their designs, nothing will happen until high end CAD systems appear on
the mac.
However, there may be some movement on that front....
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/04/02/parasolid/
Hope that helps...
Jason
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Jason Reece <email@hidden>
> Date: 10 April 2004 10:23:11 BST
> To: Christopher Wright <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Engineering Analysis Software
>
> Hi there,
>
> One useful program in this area is FlexPDE, which is a universal
> partial differential equation solver. The guide that comes with it has
> many examples, including lots of thermal systems, as well as many
> others.
>
> Better still it has a free limited node version.
>
> Get it from here:
>
> http://www.pdesolutions.com/
>
> There is another program which I know very little about but looks very
> sophisticated called intuitiveFEM (I think)
>
> http://mactran.chonbuk.ac.kr/
>
> It would be useful to know what your opinion of these is.
>
> Jason
>
> On 9 Apr 2004, at 16:28, Christopher Wright wrote:
>
>> I'm a user and hitherto lurker on the list and a former
>> member/director
>> of the old MacSciTech group which foundered during Apple's financial
>> troubles. As a Machead engineer, I can't tell you how pleased I am
>> that
>> there's some serious effort to get back into science and technology.
>> Most
>> of my practice involves finite element analysis, and I limp along
>> with a
>> old version of COSMOS/M, unsupported for years, but still running
>> under
>> OS 9.1 and maybe Classic if I can figure out how to make the infernal
>> dongle respond properly.
>>
>> Is anyone on the list aware of efforts to compile any general finite
>> element software for OS X? My guess (probably better than a guess) is
>> that large-scale FEA packages like NASTRAN or ANSYS would run like a
>> dream on a G5, since they have been used on UNIX machinery for at
>> least
>> 15 years. I made a few tentative inquiries about a NASA-developed
>> package
>> called STARS which was originally scheduled for porting to Mac but
>> never
>> made it. Does anyone know of any similar effort to port FEA software
>> for
>> the G5? Are there any others of my kind who might be interested in
>> such
>> an effort?
>>
>> Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
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