From: "Yvonne Kennedy" <yvonne.kennedy@engineering-e.com> To: <lwn@lwn.net> Subject: Another Linux convert Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:48:39 -0700 To cater to a growing Linux-using customer base, MSC.Software recently introduced a Linux version of the world's most widely used finite element analysis (FEA) program -- MSC.Nastran. MSC.Nastran is the world's leading finite element analysis (FEA) software. This powerful tool for virtual manufacturing is used in almost every industry -- from aerospace to biomechanical devices -- to model and analyze designs on computer before building expensive physical prototypes. The software has a wide range of applications: from analyzing the effects of impact on an aluminum car door, to replicating panel flutter effects on a space vehicle; from simulating the implantation of a miniature cardiac defribulator into a human heart, to analyzing the heat created by a V16 train engine. Virtual manufacturing with MSC. Nastran gives accurate FEA results that will not only save manufacturers money in the design process, but impact the environment positively -- fewer "real world" mistakes, less waste. This software is available at: http://www.engineering-e.com/software/index.html