CosmosWorks added an impact analysis to the list of analysis types. I played with it for quite some time to get a feel for what it could do. It should come in handy for those who have to meet some kind of impact or drop criteria. It is limited to impact with an infinite flat plane and the area of contact is also limited to a small patch on the model closest to the impact plane. It can't do evaluation of an item in a box just yet. That would require moving over to GeoStar and a lot more work.
NEiNastran is a real up and comer with the addition of assemblies and the flexibility of using hex mesh where appropriate. What I really like about NEiNastran is that the analysis part runs completely separate from SW and there is a file called a bulk file that documents the analysis. This means that a large analysis can be run without tying up SW. It also means that a permanent document of what was analyzed remains (the bulk file) regardless of any subsequent changes to the geometry in SW. SRAC's DesignStar also has this standalone capability.
It makes a lot of sense to do the meshing within SW. After all, the meshing is tied intimately with the geometry. But it really doesn't make sense for the solver to run within SW because the solution phase is just a big calculation. The mesh should be documented separate from any changeable geometry so that what was calculated can always be traced back to a particular geometry for which it is valid.
Also, because NEiNastran writes out the same data that its big brother NE Nastran uses, a knowledgeable analyst can have the ease of use of the SW interface with the power of a full blown analysis package for advanced analysis types. They have combined the ease of use that designers and beginners need with extendability to a fully featured and fully supported high end FEA package.
Algor and ANSYS were also there. I didn't bother looking at either booth, but for very different reasons. I have a long standing bias against Algor based on the comments of other analysts. On the other hand I have a lot of respect for ANSYS and know that it is a solid product. I just didn't have the time.