Computer Aided Design - the general use of computer software applied to the various aspects of engineering design.
STEP standard - STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data) is an international standard aiming to support the exchange of data between all important software modules.
finite element general usage - a series of elementary texts explaining the fundamentals of using finite elements.
pre- and post-processing - a series of texts covering various aspects of finite element data preparation and results interpretation.
finite element method - a numerical technique for solving the field behaviour of solids and fluids by representing the volume by a suitable mesh of relatively small parts, generally called elements, although sometimes called cells in CFD.
boundary element method - a technique similar to the finite element method, except that only the boundary or surface needs to be modelled by elements.
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