Inventor Nastran Reviews

I have enjoyed using Inventor Nastran due to its intuitive and highly customizable interface, which makes learning and using the software quite easy, especially in an educational context with the guidance of a tutor. I greatly appreciate the direct integration with Inventor Professional, as I frequently use this software and its compatibility significantly optimizes my workflow, allowing me to perform analyses without leaving the CAD environment. I also value the open license for students and the ease with which it can be obtained. Inventor Nastran has been invaluable for validating the structural behavior of my designs before manufacturing them, helping me solve issues related to strength, stiffness, and material optimization in mechanical components. It has allowed me to detect and analyze critical stress areas and reduce the weight of my parts without compromising safety. I found the function to optimize the bicycle frame particularly useful, in addition to its ability to perform advanced analyses that Inventor Professional could not cover.

The interface for configuring contacts and meshes is sometimes a bit confusing, especially at first.

Inventor Nastran allowed me to validate the structural behavior of my designs before manufacturing them, optimizing strength and stiffness. It reduces the weight of parts without compromising safety and is compatible with Inventor Professional, streamlining my workflow.

I like that this works seamlessly with autodesk Inventor. its fairly simple to use if you know what you are doing. this product is great at helping to lower costs of testing parts when you can see if the frame will or parts will stand up to the stress or load that you are going to put on the parts

not user friendly if you are not experienced with FEA analysis. you also need to make sure you model is properly made in order for it to read everything correctly

this is great for running simulations on frames & i have used it to test failure on cams.

The software is cost-effective and user friendly FEA solver which I have used in the analysis of 3D cad models.

This product is not a complete package. There are still some features which are to be improved. The absence of Thermal resistance calculation is big minus.

I have used Nastran for conducting thermal stability analysis on 3D models produced in AutoCAD.

I have constantly preferred autodesk items and coming to NEi Nastran, the alternatives it accommodates part coinciding are different. It is among practical choices in CAE industry.

I truly need to see nastran push ahead as it unquestionably needs upgrades. There is convenientce issues frequently when there is another redesign. Nonattendance of highlights in 2D demonstrate fitting is a drawback.

I would recommend to email autodesk for trial version use it and decide upon to purchase the license.

I used Nastran for simulating heat dissipation examination on motor mounts on coupling comprised in a abrasive environment.

It is not that costly when compared other software with same usage capabilities.

Feature to add transient loading.

With new software version release there is compatibility issues all around between FEA and CAD software. Autodesk should properly check these issues and try to resolve them.

NEi Nastran is a user-friendly and affordable software solution and definitely deserves a place in top 5.

I have always liked autodesk products and coming to nastran, the options it provides for component meshing are diverse. It is among cost effective options in CAE industry.

I really want to see nastran move forward as it definitely needs improvements. There is portability issues often when there is a new upgrade. Absence of features in 2D model meshing is a down side.

Apart from some improvements I recommend it to everyone to give a try with trial version.

I have done thermal analysis on engine mounts for an assembly designed using a cad program.

.Pre processing models and extracting nodal loads

Not as such it's easy and comfortable to handle complex models

Loads extraction from

Cost-effective and user-friendly FEA solver which I have relied upon for over 6 years.

A product is never complete. There is always room for improvement and having used NEi Nastran for over 12 years, I am confident that I will see continuous improvements such as "Advection in 2D Axisymmetric

FEA Models", "Contact Thermal Resistance" as well as "2D Axisymmetric Elastomeric Elements"

I mainly used this as FEA soIver, highly recommend NEi Nastran from NEi Software company as a cost-effective FEA product.

The tools are simple yet plenty enough to get the job done. This software is one of the most comprehensive analysis software out in the market to get the job done.

The workbenches are complex and more over software has to be purchased specifically curtained to the needs.

We conduct stress analysis on a 3D model to find the defective areas and rectify it in the 3D package.

First of all, the fact that it is open-source and completely available to anyone is what i like the most about it.

And other than that, one can define solvers specific to his/her problem.

The complex GUI coupled with low visual sims as compared to its competitors (Workbench, Hypermesh, etc)

The automesh function is not as good as that of Workbench