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Old 2003-11-18, 04:34 PM   #1
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Default Finite Element Analysis is cool.

Check it out; I've been playing around with rollcage models in a FEA program, and it's pretty sweet. You can apply loads to the structure and not only see stress levels in all the tubes, but it calculates displacement - so you can see how the cage will flex under your given load as you add & subtract different bars from the structure. It can even animate it for you.
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