>>5794337We will have semester project in 3rd year where we will be designing a gearbox, complete with all the calculations, etc. Next year will basically show me which way I wanna go. Either way FEM methods are used almost everywhere these days so I am sure we will have some of them in classes.
Last semester we did some stuff in ABAQUS for the Strength of materials subject.
I will try to find some cracked version of catia then. I am planning to buy a 3D mouse as well since modeling without it is absolute ass.