Concept Design on a MCAE Workstation - A User's Viewpoint

A Mechanical Computer-Aided Engineering (MCAE) workstation supplied as a Beta test unit by the Aries Corporation was evaluated in the concept design process. This unit had six software modules including materials database, solid modeler, mass and section properties, and finite element analysis program, and finite element post-processors. Specific applications and the user experience with the configured workstation are presented.