ANSYS:
The support of the data-transfer from and
to ANSYS happens by macros, which you can use also inside ANSYS Workbench. These
tools are shipped with winLIFE. This additional dialouge windows allow an easy
access of the macros which perform the the export of the stresses needed for
fatigue life calulation in winLIFE. In ANSYS Workbench you can access easily
the winLIFE results of the fatigue calculation (life, safety, etc.) and present
these as iso-plots. Especially for the analysis of weldings, macros are given
to export the stress-data and unit vectors vertical to the weld-toe.
http://www.ansys.com/
FEMAP and NxNASTRAN:
FEMAP is a pre- and post-processor which gives access to nearly all important
FEA-codes. FEMAP is part of the Siemens PLM-Software. It is shipped with the
FE-solver NxNASTRAN. The support of the data-transfer from and to FEMAP happens
by FEMAP-macros, which are shipped with winLIFE. An additional menu item in the
user interface is created which performs the data transfer. Furthermore FEMAP
allows the access to nearly all important FEA-codes.
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/velocity/femap/index.shtml
NeiNASTRAN:
The access of NeiNASTRAN is possible using FEMAP. See the description above.
http://www.nenastran.com/
Nx
Data Access to Nx happens via the winLIFE-CDI (winLIFE-Custom-designable Data Interface). winLIFE can access Nx result files in a way the customer can define.
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/velocity/femap/index.shtml
SAMTECH:
The interface is integrated into the source
code of SAMCEF-field and allows an easy data transfer from the SAMTEC modules
to winLIFE. Finite Element Analysis as well as Multi Body System Analysis is
possible. It is performed by an additional menu item. The use with S4WT (Samcef
for windturbines is supported). There is a very close cooperation in the
development of winLIFE and SAMCEF.
http://caesam.com/DB/brochures_files/SAMTECH_Portfolio_an.pdf