Engineering Design Software Questions & Answers

Ansys licensed software varies from ₹30,000 to 5Lakh depending upon the number of licenses purchased, its type and the person who’s buying it.

Ansys is a general-purpose software that has an inbuilt preprocessor, solver and post processing option.
On the other hand, Hypermesh is a pre-processing software that makes the executions of the program.
The most common software that industries prefer for completion of their day-to-day task is ERP System Software.

Functional Requirement: It tells us about the basic functionality of the software, what it must do and what its essential features are. Non-functional Requirement: It describes how the software works and focuses on the user’s expectations and prior experiences.

System Software: Used for operating computer hardware so that they can work independently.Application Software: They are designed for the completion of a specific task so they cannot work or run independently, they need to depend on a specific system.

Incremental model displays a procedure used to build complex systems, with the basic idea of adding new features to the existing system rather than building the entire system from ground zero.

Iterative model is a way of developing software's where the whole project is divided into smaller chunks like designing, developing, testing, etc. to maintain a healthy hierarchy, so that it becomes easy to manage and track the advancement.

To split the item descriptor in a workspace project BOM into two separate columns, NUMBER and TITLE, Divide the BOM into columns and right-click the cell and click Split.

CATIA is software suite for computer-aided design. It provides computer-aided manufacturing & engineering, 3D modelling, and PLM (product lifecycle management), etc. Whereas Creo is a computer-aided design application supporting. It consists of apps, which delivers a varied set of capabilities for a user role within product development.

SolidWorks is a 3D modelling software, it has advanced tools, that includes simulation, drawing with the help of parts & assemblies, tools for rendering, etc. Whereas CATIA is a PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software, i.e., it manages data with product development. It allows tracking development, computer-aided manufacturing, 3D modelling etc.

Yes, CATIA does not require learning AutoCAD, it is a fully parametric software. But by practicing AutoCAD you can clear the concept of 2D drawing & Drafting.