[phkahler]

In the commercial space I always refer people to https://www.altair.com/inspire/ Which now uses SomSolid for analysis. From what I've heard (used to work there, still know people) it is way ahead of other FEA solvers. You can also find easy access to 3rd party tools through Altairs licensing model.

[peterwoerner]

Yea, from the conversations I have had with the guys over at hypermesh, their tools are way more developed than the stuff MSC and Siemens put out. I am not well versed in the ANSYS or Abaqus.