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In article <1992Dec14.181725@roper.mc.ti.com>, a722756@roper.mc.ti.com (W. Donald Rolph) writes:
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|> This is by no means a trivial question.  You must first ask the class of FEA to
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|> It is also imperative that you have  a good mesh generator and graphical post
|> processor.  The difference between a good mesh generator and an ok mesh generator
|> is about 20X in productivity.
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|> A typical system ight cost the following (rough costs):
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|>      1)  FEA program $5K - $10K year
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|>      2)  Mesh generator $10K yr
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|>      3)  Workstation:  $25K
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|>      4)  color postscript printer $5K to $10K
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|> This is nearly a 1/3 cost reduction and 10,000 performance improvement over the
|> system I put together is 1983!
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|> Regards.
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|> Don Rolph  a722756@pan.mc.ti.com WD3 MS10-13 (508)-699-1263

Thanks for a very informative post. Here's another question. What are
the latest in Mesh Generation techniques? 

The last time I dabbed in FEM, the finite-octree (w Delaunay triangulation) 
appeared the most promising but there were some concerns about robustness. 
I know that companies like PDA engineering (developers of PATRAN) were 
looking at "paving". What is the current status of these two techniques, 
and are there any new ones out there (AI approaches etc.)?

Raman Bhatia (bhatia@bigcat.bellcore.com)