Thanks all for the input!
@Twoballcane - I guess that's nowadays called Creo Simulate? Since we already work with SolidWorks, that's a bit overkill for our application, though it looks promising (even the Creo package as a whole, hum)
@TheTick - Spot on, need to look into that better...
We are looking into different software packages to do both static and kinematic analysis. 2D is good enough in most instances.
What we want from the software:
forces/force distribution in links of a set of structural components (for example a four-bar mechanism) at all points at rest and in...