Cranes Software Releases Latest Version NISA, its FEA Software Suite

By DE Editors

Cranes Software has announced the release of the latest version of its Finite Element Analysis software, NISA Version 17.  It offers enhanced DISPLAY IV, NISA’s graphics pre- and post-processor. The new DISPLAY software streamlines complex finite element modeling, analysis, and results interpretation for a better user experience. Additionally, the new DISPLAY has improved interoperability allowing it to interface more easily with a variety of CAD file formats, according to the company.

The new advanced tetra-meshing capability of DISPLAY IV allows users to create solid mesh models with minimal effort.  New context-based menus and toolbars have been added along with functional keys for quick and easy access to all options.  Additionally, contact-element creation based on user-defined tolerances has been added.  To enable users to generate reports in HTML, report generation capabilities have been added in the pre- and post-processing steps.

Version 17 now allows users to create more complex and detailed models by extending node and element numbers to eight digits allowing much larger problems to be solved. The NISA solvers have also undergone improvements. For example, Augmented Lagrangian formulation for surface to surface contact-element has been added. Fatigue analysis of spot-welds is now supported in ENDURE, NISA’s fatigue and fracture module.  HEAT III, NISA’s heat transfer module is now incorporated in EMAG, the electromagnetic module of NISA, to allow coupled electromagnetic and heat transfer analysis. 

Another development in NISA Version 17 is its integration with Engineering Technology Associates’ software product, eta/VPG, an FEA-based system analysis tool.

For more information, visit Cranes Engineering.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.