This training takes a lot of guesswork out of what I’m doing so I can be more confident in my results which means I save time instead of going through a bunch of different iterations. Now I’m able to figure out how to go about these challenges and it gives me a more accurate result. I can take that with me going forward and I think that’s really cool. I can take this training with me anywhere, so it’s a positive step in every direction. Anyone who wants to be confident about what they’re doing with FEA – I would definitely recommend it. Competence in this area is very important, especially when you’re working with big structures worth a lot of money like we do.

During the program Nik used real models from my projects and showed me different FEA techniques, such as Autodesk Inventor Frame Generator to choose right sections for the frame, separation contacts, extracting weld bodies, merging solid models with the welding, creating shell and hybrid models. Shell and hybrid modeling techniques were new to me, and it was something I wouldn’t be able to learn without Nik. It was also interesting to learn how a stress picture can change depending on the precision of the FEA model.

Nik’s provides a holistic and hands-on approach to the simulation of reality from a stress perspective. The training shows how different aspects of the model – constraints and loads, contacts, mesh convergence, tricky stress concentrators and others – impact accuracy of the analysis. It was eye opening to see design optimisation process through several analysis iterations. Nik’s training is suitable for both beginners and those who would like to advance their FEA skills.

I have trained over 100 engineers, individually and in different companies. Customizing my face-to-face training to suit client needs, I worked out ways and techniques to analyse designs from various industries – mining, building, automotive and others. I achieved success in “smuggling” best-practices from aerospace into other industries and learned how to translate complex engineering concepts into simple guidelines.

Nikita went in-depth in explaining the analysis and modules – how all the different nodes and surfaces worked and interacted. Usually off the shelf tutorials would explain how to do something but it wouldn’t explain why. He went into detail and I think that made the training stand out more. He taught me the structure behind everything as well as how to get more benefit out of the software. The introduction gave me the basic knowledge but then his mentoring upped it to a new level. It gave me further knowledge faster. There’s standard training and there’s what he does.”

I felt like I learned more in this course than I did in a semester at university. I learned about linear and shell elements, which wasn’t something we touched on during my course. The knowledge and techniques from the FEA course are directly applicable to my work. That will then give me confidence going forward with new designs and applying what I’ve learned so that the results I get will actually translate to the real world.