Talk:Femap

The article reads very much like an advertisement for Femap. We should focus on what it is and what it does, in an encyclopedic manner.

The product configuration section gives information about different ways to purchase Femap, but an encyclopedia article doesn't need that much detail. You wouldn't put every option available on a 2009 Ford Mustang, but you might summarize a notable one - "The GT package replaces the standard V6 with a 300 HP V-8 and adds trim, badging, etc." Similarly, "Femap is available as a standalone pre and post processor, and can also be bundled with Siemens PLM FE solvers, including NX Nastran, Femap Thermal Solver, and Femap Flow Solver." That might work in this article, and in that shortened form, it probably doesn't merit its own section.

The case studies section should be retooled - some limited information on who uses it and for what might be okay, but in the form of "Femap is used in a variety of industries to build models such as a, b, and c." The articles currently linked to can be provided as references. If there is some unique or interesting feature of Femap that led to its selection by AYM for the design of heavy cranes on offshore supply vessels, then that *feature* ought to be documented in the article.

As for the reviews, it seems much more encyclopedic to give the conclusions of the review, or better yet from multiple reviews, and reference those conclusions. Alternately, we could skip the reviews altogether. I would note that Al Dean's review is hosted on Siemens' site, and that as of 4 May 2009, DEVELOP3D Magazine's website says "DEVELOP3D is a brand new magazine and website from X3DMedia which tracks all the essential technologies used throughout the entire product development process - and it launches here early 2009. In the meantime, enjoy our pre-launch blog." It certainly looks to me like Al Dean wrote an in-house review of Siemen's own product, which calls into question its categorization as a "review" - it might be useful to reference other encyclopedic information in the article, but it's not a good source for the "public reception" that I would expect a review to represent.

The Femap in the Press section has one article written by an Siemens Marketing Manager (Contact in Fasteners), and a broken link (Technology Advances). And again, the Wikipedia article ought to contain encyclopedic info about Femap - that information can reference these articles, but there shouldn't just be links to them. Khakiandmauve (talk) 14:40, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'll go ahead and make a few changes. Khakiandmauve (talk) 02:27, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just was going through some historical documents and wanted to make sure George was at least mentioned in the article about his product. Bmoffitt (talk) 17:20, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]