Slider Element for Mechanical Event Simulation Replicates Slots and Guides

    PITTSBURGH--Nov. 5, 2001--ALGOR, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, today announced the release of a new slider element for its Mechanical Event Simulation line of software products that enables engineers to simulate slots or guides within mechanisms.
    Mechanical Event Simulation takes finite element models and replicates their motion from physics-based input while simultaneously calculating the resulting stress, displacement and general behavior that a given part would demonstrate in the real world. The slider element constrains the range of motion to a straight line with just a few inputs.
    "The new slider element makes it simple for engineers to model assemblies including slots and guides," said Michael Bussler, president and CEO of ALGOR, Inc. "The goal of our Mechanical Event Simulation software is to enable engineers to simulate an entire working environment regardless of complexity and this new element further expands our Mechanical Event Simulation technology."
    The new slider element simulates a slot or guide by constraining a specified point's motion to the path defined by two other points. The moving point and the two end points may be attached to other parts of a finite element assembly. In addition, the rotation of any of these points may be individually controlled or may be linked to either of the other two points. This modeling flexibility provides numerous ways to further control and drive the motion of common mechanisms.
    ALGOR customers with current software upgrade subscriptions can get the new improvement at no charge by requesting this latest release. ALGOR software is available for PC workstations running Windows NT, Me, 95, 98, 2000 or XP.

    ALGOR has been developing FEA and mechanical simulation software for PCs since 1984 and data exchange with CAD systems since 1985. ALGOR serves over 20,000 engineers in over 60 countries in organizations such as Dupont, Entergy Operations, Inc., General Motors, NASA, Naval Surface Warfare Center and Yale University. ALGOR has partnered with other leading mechanical engineering software companies to offer data interchange with products from ANSYS, Inc. , Autodesk, Inc. , CADKEY Corporation, MSC.Software Corporation , Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, UGS , SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. company, and others. ALGOR also offers educational support and customer service that includes the use of Internet audio/video technology for distance learning and free, live software demonstrations.

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