Pro/mechanica Lite Opinions

[anagnost]

Hello all,

are there anyone using Pro Mechanica lite? Which is your opinion about
his module? Is it something useful, or is it something that PTC
"dropped" like Pro/Manikin?

Thanks for your responses,

Vassilis Anagnostopoulos

[JeffTaylor]

I have used it a little, it's ok but your limited with the amount of
surfaces that can be used. It is worth playing with it so that you get a
feel of how to work the basics of Mechanica. IMO I wouldn't drop it like
I would manikin.

[proemed44]

Hi:

Sorry I just have to respond. Usually I'm a big defender of PTC I still believe Pro Engineer is the best CAD package to be had. However when it comes to FEA work
just the concept of a lite package should give concern. I like Mechanica, but it is no Nastran/Patran or Ansys and it has limitations. A lite Mechanica, its bad enough that
people don't understand the limitations of a full version of Mechanica. Yes these things give results, but unlike CAD modeling seeing should not necessarily be believing in FEA. So depending on your application I would choose something more robust where you have real confidence in the results based on the limitations of the underlying mathematics.