A method for automatically analyzing a structure of an airplane, car, train, building, bridge, pressure vessel or ship, comprising: receiving damage image data into a processing component; automatically converting the received image data into analysis data in an analyzable format with the processing component and without operator intervention, performing a structural analysis on the analysis data in the processing component; and outputting the results of the structural analysis from the processing component, wherein converting the received image data into analysis data in an analyzable format comprises: automatically identifying one or more damage boundaries from the received damage image data with the processing component; automatically creating an analysis geometry based on the identified one or more damage boundaries with the processing component; and automatically creating an analysis mesh based on the created analysis geometry with the processing component. wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data comprises: performing a finite element analysis on the created analysis mesh, wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data further comprises: comparing the finite element analysis results with allowable results, wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data further comprises: calculating a residual strength of the structure, receiving damage image data into a processing component; automatically converting the received image data into analysis data in an analyzable format with the processing component and without operator intervention, performing a structural analysis on the analysis data in the processing component; and outputting the results of the structural analysis from the processing component, wherein converting the received image data into analysis data in an analyzable format comprises: automatically identifying one or more damage boundaries from the received damage image data with the processing component; automatically creating an analysis geometry based on the identified one or more damage boundaries with the processing component; and automatically creating an analysis mesh based on the created analysis geometry with the processing component. automatically identifying one or more damage boundaries from the received damage image data with the processing component; automatically creating an analysis geometry based on the identified one or more damage boundaries with the processing component; and automatically creating an analysis mesh based on the created analysis geometry with the processing component. wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data comprises: performing a finite element analysis on the created analysis mesh, wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data further comprises: comparing the finite element analysis results with allowable results, wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data further comprises: calculating a residual strength of the structure, performing a finite element analysis on the created analysis mesh, wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data further comprises: comparing the finite element analysis results with allowable results, wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data further comprises: calculating a residual strength of the structure, comparing the finite element analysis results with allowable results, wherein performing the structural analysis on the analysis data further comprises: calculating a residual strength of the structure,