On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:20:42 -0500, Ed Huntress
wrote:

Does anyone here use the (free) ANSYS Acadmeic/Student edition? I
down'oaded the sucker (almost 4GB) but I haven't installed it yet.

It's an industry standard for FEA, but I'm wary of installing that
monster if it's difficult or crippled.

No, but if you need to know something about NASTRAN..

--sp