Capabilities Matrix - MSC Software

Structures Linear 

SimXpert Structures 

Capabilities Matrix 

SimXpert Thermal 

SimXpert Crash (& Explicit) 

SimXpert Motion 

SimXpert Systems & Controls 

MD Nastran 

MSC Nastran 

Linear Statics l l l l l l l l l l l 

Normal Modes l l l l l l l l l l l 

Local Adaptive Mesh Refinement l 

Structures Nonlinear 

Large Strain l l l l l l l 

Large Displacement l l l l l l l 

Nonlinear Materials l l l l l l l 

Buckling l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Global Adaptive Meshing l l l 

Structural Zooming l 

Structures Dynamics 

Direct or Modal Frequency Response l l l l l l l l l l 

Direct or Modal Transient Response l l l l l l l l l l 

Direct or Modal Complex Eignevalues l l l l l l l l l 

Linear or Nonlinear Transient l l l l l l l 

Random l l l l 

Aeroelasticity I l l l 

Aeroelasticity II l l 

Flightloads l l 

Rotordynamics l l 

Structures Explicit 

Crash, Drop Test and Impact l l l l 

Fluid Structure Interaction l l l l 

SPH l l l l 

LS/Dyna Solver l l l l 

Thermal 

Steady-state l l l l l l l l 

Transient l l l l l l l l 

Conduction l l l l l l l l 

Convection l l l l l l l l 

Radiation l l l l l l l l 

Radiation Super Element l l l l 

Orbital Heating l l l l 

Thermal Contact l l l l l l l l 

Coupled Advection l l l l l l 

Ablation l 

Pyrolysis l 

Thermo-electrical Coupling l l 

Thermo-mechanical Coupling l l l l l l 

Induction Heating l 

Welding l 

Curing l 

SimXpert Solver & User Interface Solutions MD Nastran Desktop 

1 

MD Adams / MSC Adams 

Marc-Mentat 

MSC Dytran 

MSC Easy5 

MSC Fatigue 

MSC Sinda 

MSC Patran (FE Pre/Post) 

Base Package (solver only) 

Structures Bundle 

Motion Bundle 

Structures + Motion Bundle 

Advamced Dynamics 

Advanced Structures 

Advanced Explicit 

Advanced Structures + Motion

Fatigue 




S-N, E-N l 

Fracture l 

Crack Growth l 

Vibration l 

Multiaxial l 

Weld l 

Utilities l 

Optimization 




MD Nastran 


Design of Experiment (requires A/Insight) l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Sizing l l 

Shape l l 

Topology l l 

Topometry l l 

Topography l l 

Assembly 

Linear Contact l l l l l l l l l l 

Nonlinear Contact l l l l l l l l 

Glued Contact l l l l l l l l l l 

Bolt Modelling l l l l l l l 

Spot Welds l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Seam Welds l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Gaskets l l l l l l l 

Composites 

Laminate l l l l l l l l l l 

Honeycomb l l l l l l l l l 

Textile, Filament and UD Tape l l l l 

Delamination l l l l l l 

Failure Criteria (Standards and UD) l l l l 

Fracture Mechanics l l l 

Virtual Crack Closure Technique (VCCT) l l l l 

Crack Propagation l l 

Progressive Failure Analysis (PFA) l l l 

Cohesive Zone Method l 


Interior Acoustics l l l l l l 

Advanced Acoustics (EFEA/EBEA) l l 

Exterior Acoustics l l 

Open FSI l l 

MpCCI Interface l l 

Dynamic Design Analysis Method l l 

ACMS l l 

Superelements l l l 

Rezoning (Structural Zooming) l l l 

Creep and Relaxation l l l 

Adams Integration l l l l l l l l l 

Shared Memory Parallel l l l l l 

Distributed Memory Parallel l l l 

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Motion Bundle 







Symetry (Cyclic, Plain Strain or Stress) l l l l 

2D Symetry to 3D Model l 

Element Activation/Deactivation l 

Multiphysics 

Joule Heating l 

Piezoelectric l 

Electrostatics l 

Electrodynamics l 

Electromagnetics l 

Electrostatics - Structural l 

Magnetostatics - Structural l 

Multibody Dynamics 






MD Nastran 


Quasi-static Analysis l l l l l 

Kinematic Analysis l l l l l 

Transient Analysis l l l l l 

Non-linearities (Friction, Gap, Backlash, etc.) l l l l l 

Linear Analysis (Eigenvalues, State Matrices) l l l l l 

Vibration (Requires Adams) l 

Rigid Body l l l l l 

Rigid Body Contact l l l l l 

Flexible Body l l l l l 

Flexible Body Contact l l l l l 

Clearance Analysis l l l l l 

Stress Recovery l l l l l 

Durability (Requires Adams) l l l l l 

Controls l l l l l 

Mechatronics l l l l l 

Mechanism Plant Generation l l l l l 

Easy5 DLL Integration l l l l l 

Simulink DLL Integration l l l l l 

Vehicle Dynamics (Road, Tire, etc.) l l l l l 

Systems and Controls 

Steady-state Analysis l l 

Transient Analysis l l 

Linear Analysis (Eigen, FRF, Root-locus, PSD) l l 

Thermal Hydraulic Library l l 

Gas Dynamics Library l l 

Multiphase Fluid Library l l 

Aerospace Vehicle Library l l 

Ricardo Powertrain Library (3rd Party) l l 

Ricardo Engine Library (3rd Party) l l 

Ricardo Fuel Cell Library (3rd Party) l l 

Ricardo Electric Systems Library (3rd Party) l l 

Mechanism Plant Integration l l 

System DLL Generation l l 

Simulink S-Function Generation l l 

MAT EMX Generation l l 

Matrix Algebra Tool (Requires Easy5) l l 

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Motion Bundle 






Pre-Processing 

Corporate 

MSC Software Corporation 

2 MacArthur Place 

Santa Ana, California 92707 

Telephone 714.540.8900 

www.mscsoftware.com 


Europe, Middle East, 

Africa 

MSC Software GmbH 

Am Moosfeld 13 

81829 Munich, Germany 

Telephone 49.89.431.98.70 






MD Nastran 

Asia-Pacific 

MSC Software Japan LTD. 

Shinjuku First West 8F 

23-7 Nishi Shinjuku 

1-Chome, Shinjuku-Ku 

Tokyo, Japan 160-0023 

Telephone 81.3.6911.1200 


Solid Modeling l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Geometry Import (Iges, Step, Parasolid) l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

CAD Import (CatiaV5, Pro/E, NX, etc.) l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

CAD Direct Access (CatiaV5, Pro/E, NX, etc.) l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Geometry Clean-up and Simplifications l l l l l l l l l l l 

Virtual Geometry Defeaturing l l l l l l l l l l 

Interactive CAD Cleaning and Editing l l l l l l l l l l 

Topology Diagnosis l l l l l l l l l l 

Mid-Surface Extraction l l l l l l l l l l 

Automatic Surface Meshing l l l l l l l l l l l 

Free Surface Meshing l l l l l l l l l l 

Mesh Quality Check and Repair l l l l l l l l l l l 

Assembly Check and Repair l l l l l l l l l l 

Automatic Solid Meshing l l l l l l l l l l l 

Structured Hexa Meshing l l l l l l l l l l 

Mesh Morphing l l l l l l l l l l l 

Field Dependent Loads (Time, Space, etc.) l l l l l l l l l l l 

Field Dependent Boundary Conditions l l l l l l l l l l l 

CFD or Thermal Mapping Loads l l l l l l l l l l 

Post-Processing 

Contour Displays l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Vector Displays l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Isosurface Displays l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Animations l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

X-Y Charts l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Result Data Probes l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Multi-files attachment l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 

Automatics Report Generation l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 


Marc-Mentat 



Asia-Pacific 

MSC Software (S) Pte. Ltd. 

100 Beach Road 

#16-05 Shaw Tower 

Singapore 189702 

Telephone 65.6272.0082 






Motion Bundle 





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