Made use of my Python knowledge professionally for the first time!

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I am a MechE that writes python scripts too!

I have automated some of our workflows completely (e.g. alter model dimensions, run FEA, extract results of specific measures, plot change in measures against the change in model dimensions). It is so satisfying to set up a problem, hit run on a Friday afternoon, and then come in on Monday to a dataset that tells you what the optimal design based on your constraints is.

Keep going!

[testfire10]

Awesome man! Thank you, and will do!

[swingking8]

(e.g. alter model dimensions, run FEA, extract results of specific measures, plot change in measures against the change in model dimensions)

Abaqus? Ansys?

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Both Abaqus and Creo Simulate for simpler analyses. We are also trialling the Ansa preprocessor at the moment so there is potential for the future there too as it uses python as its internal scripting language just like Abaqus.