COSMOSDesignSTAR provides the following Features and Benefits:

• Fully Associative with Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge and SolidWorks. Full associativity between CAD and analysis allows seamless integration of your CAD models with COSMOSDesignSTAR without having to reimport the data with each design modification.
• Multi-CAD Analysis. Compatible with most popular CAD programs, COSMOSDesignSTAR can read CATIA and Pro/Engineer model files directly, as well as IGES files for both parts and assemblies. Based on the Parasolid modeling kernel, COSMOSDesignSTAR also supports ACIS and STEP AP203 standards.
• Assemblies with Gap Contact Analysis. Analyze assemblies and part interactions with gaps, contact and friction.
• Transfer loads seamlessly from COSMOSMotion to perform stress analysis. With the seamless transfer of loads from COSMOSMotion to COSMOSDesignSTAR, you can visualize stress and displacements on a component at a single time instance or for the entire simulation cycle.
• Drop Test Simulation. Simulate virtual drop tests on a variety of flooring surfaces. In the event that your part or assembly might be dropped, find out whether or not it can survive the fall impact.
• Integrated Fatigue Analysis. Study the effects of cyclic loading and fatigue operating conditions. See the effects of fatigue on the overall lifecycle of your part or assembly to find out how long it will last, and what design changes can extend its working life.
• Adaptive Meshing. Automatically refine and coarsen meshes in local areas of a part based on stress results for accurate solutions.
• Mixed Meshing. Analyze assemblies of thick and thin parts with a combination of solid and shell meshes.
• Smart Connectors. Simulate assembly connections with virtual smart connectors such as pins, springs, bolts, hinges and spot welds.
• Analysis Advisor. Helps boost the confidence and analysis ability of novice and infrequent users by guiding them step-by-step through their specific problem.
• Analysis Library. The analysis library can be used to create templates of commonly used analysis specifications such as loads, supports, and contact conditions.
• Smart Results Visualization Tools. Supports 3D graphics based on OpenGL for visualization of results. Dynamic viewing of various quantities provides fast, simple and accurate evaluation of analysis results.