Once the optimal product is selected, the program prints an application data sheet for the designer's reference. The inertia calculator enables designers to calculate the inertia of individual system components quickly and easily. The program uses physical dimensions supplied by the designer and accepts a variety of physical data for each parameter. Designers can lay out an entire system by dragging and dropping icons representing up to eight system components in series. Once the calculation is complete, the program prints out an application data sheet.
Users can make and save notes for future reference and select different systems of measurement.
Desktop Engineer is a Windows-based program that provides answers to more than 5,000 structural and mechanical engineering problems covered in over 100 reference manuals. Users operate the program by searching to find a section that applies to the task at hand, selecting a series of formulas, generating equations, and solving them with a calculator. Engineers enter required parameters in response to parameters, with input automatically verified by the program. The software then generates a document for the solution that shows all the intermediate calculations. More than 50 modules are grouped into categories, including geometric, static, dynamic, and buckling analysis.