<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span>There is a rudimentary fea program called scan & solve, that is a plug in</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8341"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8340">for Rhino 5. I have it but haven't needed to use it yet. I was on a scan & solve</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8971" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8970">webinar & tried to pin the lecturer down as to how accurate it was; but</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8367" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8475">he was very elusive. You can export to ??? for fea, forget the name, wasn't solid works</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8967" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8966">but was another top program.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8390" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8391">When I went to the solid works seminar & talked with some of the professionals</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8408" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8410">about fea, they were in fear & awe at the mention of it. So I am getting the impression</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8409" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8432">that it is pretty specialized & difficult to get really accurate results. Sean might</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8431" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8430">add to that. But hey technology moves on.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8459" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8458">You aren't an old guy like me, so you may want to learn a top program that will</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8474" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8999">be with you the rest of your life, but people go to tech college full time to learn these</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_9085" dir="ltr"><span>programs & if you aren't using them a lot you forget things.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_9114" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_9115">Alan</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8389" dir="ltr"><span></span><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8317"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8346" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8345" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8344" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8343" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8342" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8347"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Scott Waters via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, May 28, 2016 12:17 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CAD for presentation<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8368"><br><div id="yiv0975465982"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8370">
<div>Will Rhino 5 and Orca work for loading into a FEA program?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464391678820_8369">Thank you,</div><div>Scott Waters</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="yiv0975465982composer_signature"><div style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;">Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br>Date: 05/27/2016 7:03 PM (GMT-06:00) <br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CAD for presentation <br><br>Scott,I bought Rhino 5 & Orca, which is a plug in to Rhino & the most popularmarine design program. Haven't touched Orca yet but found Rhino 5 wasmanageable to learn.I spent 4 hrs. at a Solid Works seminar just learning the updates from oneyear to the next. Some of these programs are so big that it's only worth learning them if you are intending to use them 20 hrs. a week & want to dedicate a year or so learning them.I am finding Rhino 5 totally adequate for designing parts.Alan<br><br><br> From: Scott Waters via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 11:00 AM<br> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CAD for presentation<br> <br> Alan,I think the advice of just learning a full scale system is good because I will have to do it anyway. The drawings for presentation pourposes are</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>