Comet Structural FEA and CAD Modeling

Jumpstart Early Simulation with Comet/StructuralFEA

Integrating CAD modeling with finite element analysis (FEA) is a classic engineering challenge. These two disciplines approach their tasks in fundamentally different ways, using vastly different technology and tools. Yet, the two must somehow work together and produce systems that seamlessly integrate the required form and functionality. In order to get the most ROI from simulation, it is best to conduct analysis as early as possible in the product development process. Too often, analyst had no choice but to wait for CAD data before they could begin their work.

Until now.

Now you can easily and quickly conduct finite element analysis simulations with full associativity to CAD in a single user environment. What's more, you can conduct these analyses early in the product development process, when simulation can have the greatest impact on product design and quality. Comet/ StructuralFEA enables you to simulate the performance of structures and mechanisms - both static and dynamic - using FEA codes in concert with CAD modeling.

Comet Structural FEA

Comet/ StructuralFEA enables you to work with your choice of CAD and FEA applications from multiple vendors - without translations and without having to build and maintain subroutines and linkages to pass data back and forth between systems. These tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone activities are eliminated with Comet/ StructuralFEA. You'll work with a single model in a single environment.

For example, if you use Pro/ENGINEER for design and ANSYS or MSC.Nastran for finite element analysis, your workgroup faces at least two different software environments. Even if you have expert users for each of these systems, valuable time is wasted moving data back and forth, creating and recreating models for each simulation and iteration. It's not only a manual, error-prone process, it also limits the use and impact of product simulation.

With Comet/ StructuralFEA, you only need to build and maintain a single project, which streamlines your process and eliminates errors. For example, changes made to the model in the Pro/ENGINEER CAD mode are fully associative to the ANSYS FEA model - and vice versa.

With Comet/ StructuralFEA:

	You can work with all of your models, processes in one place, the Comet environment. No more re-building and recreating multiple models whenever a change is made to the design
	You can conduct parallel development, concept testing, and virtual prototyping with the same initial data
	Data, processes, components, and subsystems can be perfected and reused
	Manual tasks get automated, eliminating tedious error-prone data entry and re-entry
	There's no more "reinventing the wheel" when working with multiple systems from multiple vendors

Comet/StructuralFEA liberates your data from the constraints of multiple GUIs. Instead of moving back and forth between FEA and CAD systems from different vendors, you can efficiently work with your chosen codes all in one "place" - Comet's Universal Engineering Model™ (UEM) environment. You will no longer suffer from delays and errors caused by manual data entry and re-entry, and no longer waste time building and maintaining custom subroutines and linkages. And, with Comet's Abstract Modeling technology, you'll be able to begin simulation work earlier than ever before.

With Comet, you'll get it right the first time.