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....
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?
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