Re: Re: ALGOR

On Jun 25, 2005, at 4:08 AM, Gang Cvg wrote:

> Yes, Nowadys, Caesar II is the bench mark
> one in this field.

It's important to realize that Caesar doesn't really do anything that most general purpose FEA software can do. Piping layouts are basically calculated as frameworks. The elbow and tee elements have their flexibility adjusted automatically, and most software can do 'reports--basically tarted up ouput listings. Or you can 'roll your own' using post-processed output like I do with Cosmos/M ALGOR and ANSYS and probably some others have 'simplified' input generators, but it's not all that tough doing it the hard way if you need to. Caesar has a lot of nice features, but if you're pushed to do FEA, most general purpose programs will do the job.

And never forget that software doesn't do engineering, it only does arithmetic. As a general rule the 'simpler' the interface, the more decisions are being made by the program without your control.

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