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Basic vs. Pro


PRODUCT FEATURE
ANALYSIS TYPE
- Linear elastic stress	X	X
- Assembly contact stress	X	X
- Steady-state heat transfer		X
- Non-linear elastic-plastic stress		X
- Transient heat transfer		X
- Natural frequency		X
- Forced vibrations (transient & steady-state)		X
- Elastic buckling		X
- Non-linear large displacements		X

LOADING TYPE
Stress modeling
- Fixed displacements	X	X
- Point forces	X	X
- Distributed vector forces	X	X
- Pressures	X	X
- Temperatures	X	X
- Acceleration forces		X
- Centrifugal forces		X
Thermal modeling
- Fixed temperatures		X
- Heat fluxes in/out		X
- Convection heat transfer & fluid temperatures		X

ELEMENT TYPE
- 2d & 3d beams	X	X
- 3 & 6 node triangles - plane stress & strain, 3d axisymmetric	X	X
- 4 & 8 node quadrilaterals - plane stress & strain, 3d axisymmetric	X	X
- 3 node 3d axisymmetric thin plates/shells	X	X
- 6 node triangle & 8 node quadrilateral 3d thin plates/shells	X	X
- 6 & 15 node curved solid wedges	X	X
- 8 & 20 node curved solid bricks	X	X
- 4 & 10 node curved solid tetrahedra	X	X

SOLVER TYPE
- Fast Direct Multi-Frontal Cholesky with Optimised Blocking	X	X
- Fast Iterative Conjugate Gradient with Preconditioning	X	X

X - currently available in FEMdesigner standalone only. Planned for future release of FEMdesigner AD.