I'm an investor looking into a company called Ansys, and I'm trying to
find out the following:
Who are competitors to Ansys?
What makes them better than Ansys?
What market share does Ansys and it's competitors have?
How long does it take to learn Ansys products?
Can someone who knows Ansys products easily switch to using other
products?
How big is the market for simulation?
Thanks,
Greg
Try looking up Finite Element Analysis software.
MSC.Nastran, Abaqus, IDEAS, Algor, ...
Anywhere from 1 day to years, depending on how through one wants to
learn them who is trying to learn them.
Don't know about easily, but it has to help a lot.
Jeff answered some of these, but I'll try to provide some additional
insight...
Jeff listed several good ones.
Depends on who you ask and what your judging criteria is. All of them
have some strong points, and all of them have some weak points.
Price, processing time, accuracy, required training, etc...
Not much of a clue... try checking their annual report.
Well, to really learn it, you need to have ATLEAST a basic foundation
in mechanics and the appropriate mathmatics. If you can't grasp the
concept of a node or a mesh, then you're screwed. After that, you
probably need a little CAD experience to understand computer aided
design. After THAT, you're probably looking at a week (for novice
understanding) to years (for expert understanding).
In some ways, yes... most concepts (nodes, meshes, constraints, etc)
are common between FEA software. It's mostly just learning a new
interface if you switch software.
Depends on what you mean by "big". But pretty much any mechanism
that's of any importance has probably been subjected to an FEA. Space
vehicles, cars, cell phones, buildings, etc...ALL commercial and
military aircraft made within the last 20 years, at some point in
time, have been subjected to an FEA analysis, whether it be at a
component level or a top assembly level. It's safe to say that FEAs
are a huge design tool that the general public doesn't really know or
care about, but is highly influential. On a side note, FEA's help
alot... but, we made it to the moon without them.
Dave
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