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CAE Simulation for Beginners

Learning CAE isn't easy when you come from a CAD Design background, because it involves a very different engineering mindset!

The articles in this category will help you to understand the main concepts.

Composite Materials: Where do they come from?

March 16, 2024 by Cyprien 4 Comments

Composite Materials: Where do they come from?

I am preparing a series of articles about composite materials, I hope this will be interesting and useful :) Let’s start with the very start… what is a composite material and where do they come from? The simplest definition is that a composite is a material with 2 or more constituents Which constituents and how […]

Filed Under: CAE for beginners, Composite material, Engineer Skills

What is Computer Simulation?

January 22, 2022 by Cyprien 3 Comments

What is Computer Simulation?

This article is for beginners and non-engineers who want to understand what Computer Simulation is and what engineers do all day ;-) It’s been many years since that first spark to become an engineer came to me I still remember that I didn’t know at all what engineers where doing I just knew that I […]

Filed Under: CAE for beginners, Engineer Skills Tagged With: Beginner

[Video] What is Modal Analysis in FEA Simulation?

April 3, 2021 by Cyprien 6 Comments

[Video] What is Modal Analysis in FEA Simulation?

Cyprien here, In today’s video we’ll talk about modal analysis and FEA Simulation! That’s a topic which is pretty basic in FEA. If you’re doing Finite Element Analysis, you have to know what is Modal Simulation. And still, I always get a lot of question about what is Modal Simulation, how do you use it […]

Filed Under: CAE for beginners, Dynamic Analysis Tagged With: dynamic analysis, Modal analysis

The Finite Element Method 101 – Podcast with Engineered Mind

May 2, 2020 by Cyprien 5 Comments

The Finite Element Method 101 – Podcast with Engineered Mind

Few weeks ago, I did this podcast with Jousef Murad who has a great Youtube Channel “Engineered Mind”. As you know, I am a fan of every engineer willing to put some time to teach others engineers about the beautiful world of FEA, Maths and Engineering in general, and that’s exactly what Jousef is doing. […]

Filed Under: CAE for beginners, Engineer Skills, Podcast Tagged With: FEA basics, podcast

How to recognize a beginner in FEA?

April 5, 2020 by Cyprien 6 Comments

How to recognize a beginner in FEA?

Do you know what is the best way to recognize someone without any experience in FEA? Just ask him this question…

Filed Under: CAE for beginners, Open Discussion Tagged With: Beginner

How to create a 3D CAD model?

November 28, 2019 by Cyprien 1 Comment

How to create a 3D CAD model?

OK, you may came here because you had an idea for a new kind of product and you want to understand how to transform your idea into a 3D model on computer… You came to the right place 😉 I’ll tell you here some of the most important things to know when you start… … […]

Filed Under: CAD, CAE for beginners Tagged With: basics, CAD

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