Richard H. MacNeal

The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation, the first 20 years and the next 20 years Richard H. MacNeal

The republication of the MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation The First Twenty Years and The Next Twenty Years, tells the story of MSC Software's first 20 years developing software to simulate complex engineering problems and looks forward to the next 20 years of challenges as part of Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence Design and Engineering division.




As a trusted partner, Hexagon helps companies improve quality, save time and reduce costs associated with the engineering, production and metrology of manufactured products. Our software, services and experts help accurately and reliably predict how products will behave in the real world to help engineers design a more sustainable and autonomous future.




Hexagon's Design and Engineering technologies are used by leading manufacturers across all industries for linear and nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA), acoustics, fluid-structure interaction (FSI), multi-physics, optimization, fatigue and durability, multi-body dynamics, and more.