<s>
NEi	B-Algorithm
Nastran	I-Algorithm
was	O
an	O
engineering	O
analysis	O
and	O
simulation	O
software	O
product	O
of	O
NEi	O
Software	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Noran	O
Engineering	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
Based	O
on	O
NASA	O
's	O
Structural	O
Analysis	O
program	O
NASTRAN	B-Algorithm
,	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
a	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
(	O
FEA	O
)	O
solver	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
solutions	O
for	O
linear	O
and	O
nonlinear	O
stress	O
,	O
dynamics	O
,	O
and	O
heat	O
transfer	O
characteristics	O
of	O
structures	O
and	O
mechanical	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEi	B-Algorithm
Nastran	I-Algorithm
software	O
is	O
used	O
with	O
all	O
major	O
industry	O
pre	O
and	O
post	O
processors	O
including	O
Femap	B-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
Siemens	O
PLM	O
Software	O
,	O
in	O
house	O
brands	O
,	O
NEi	B-Algorithm
Fusion	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
NEi	O
Works	O
for	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
NASTRAN	B-Algorithm
program	O
came	O
out	O
of	O
NASA	O
's	O
need	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
common	O
generic	O
structural	O
analysis	O
program	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
centers	O
supporting	O
the	O
space	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
specification	O
was	O
written	O
and	O
a	O
contract	O
was	O
awarded	O
to	O
Computer	O
Sciences	O
Corporation	O
for	O
development	O
of	O
NAsa	O
STRuctural	O
ANalysis	O
(	O
NASTRAN	B-Algorithm
)	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NASTRAN	B-Algorithm
was	O
released	O
to	O
NASA	O
in	O
1968	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1960s	O
,	O
Finite	B-Application
Element	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
software	O
was	O
confined	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
expensive	O
mainframe	O
computers	O
and	O
highly	O
trained	O
specialists	O
were	O
needed	O
to	O
apply	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
,	O
Noran	O
Engineering	O
recognized	O
the	O
long	O
term	O
advantages	O
and	O
impact	O
that	O
the	O
PC	O
hardware	O
revolution	O
could	O
have	O
on	O
the	O
engineering	O
analysis	O
field	O
and	O
embarked	O
on	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
significantly	O
enhance	O
and	O
modernize	O
the	O
original	O
NASTRAN	B-Algorithm
code	O
and	O
port	O
it	O
to	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
NEi	B-Algorithm
Nastran	I-Algorithm
for	O
use	O
on	O
PCs	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
code	O
had	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
changes	O
in	O
architecture	O
and	O
programming	O
language	O
compared	O
to	O
legacy	O
Nastran	B-Algorithm
written	O
originally	O
for	O
mainframes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEi	B-Algorithm
Nastran	I-Algorithm
V10.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
AutoDesk	O
bought	O
NEi	B-Algorithm
Nastran	I-Algorithm
and	O
the	O
NEi	B-Algorithm
Nastran	I-Algorithm
technology	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
"	O
Autodesk	O
Nastran	B-Algorithm
2015	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Autodesk	O
Nastran	B-Algorithm
In-CAD	O
2015	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Autodesk	O
Simulation	O
Mechanical	O
2015	O
R1	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
