Overview
MITCalc is a collection of engineering, manufacturing, and technical calculations designed to make day-to-day engineering tasks significantly faster and easier. All calculations have been designed to guide users reliably, precisely, and quickly through numerous steps of designing mechanical components. The entire collection allows for solving of many technical problems and engineering calculations without the need for expert knowledge. Included is support for many CAD systems with direct 2D and 3D output. MITCalc is a multi-language mechanical and technical calculation package. It includes solutions for gear, belt and chain drives, bearings, springs, beam, shaft, bolt connection, shaft connection, tolerances and many other mechanical parts. The calculations are compatible with most types of 2D and 3D CAD systems (AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, IntelliCAD, Ashlar Graphite, TurboCAD, BricsCAD, Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Creo), support both Imperial and Metric units, and are processed according to ANSI, ISO, DIN, BS, Japanese and other common standards. MITCalc offers both design and validating calculations for many common engineering tasks, including: Spur gear (External, Internal, Gear Rack), Bevel and Hypoid Gear, Worm Gear, Planetary Gearing, Timing Belt, V-Belt and Chain Drives, Brakes and Clutches, Bearings, Plain bearings, Springs, Beam, Buckling, Plates, Shells, Shaft, Power Screw and Ball Screw, Flywheels, Bolted Connection, Shaft Connection, Force Couplings of Shafts, Pins, Tolerances, Tolerance Analysis, Welded Connection, Fluid mechanics, Technical Formulas, and more. |
Highlights
- Open System – The system is built upon Microsoft Excel and has been designed to allow customization. Every calculation is created as a separate Microsoft Excel Workbook sheet, which lets users to make further modifications, such as adding parameters, presetting parameters’ values, adjusting calculation coefficients, etc. Everything can be achieved without any coding skill with only basic knowledge of MS Excel. Furthermore, users can inter-link individual calculations or even include their own sheets. Simply put: One can easily adapt any solution to one’s specific needs.
- Instant Productivity – The feature most appreciated by MITCalc users is that they do not have to learn it – most engineers already know how to use it. The familiar environment follows a well-established flow of procedures for solving standard technical tasks. When entering input values, defining edge conditions, and searching for the optimal solution, the user proceeds naturally from the top of a sheet toward the bottom. The no-frills user interface complemented by a comprehensive Online Help and the System of Expert Notes allows for full-speed productivity within minutes.
- Open Design – Most of the calculations support a long list of established 2D CAD products and some calculation can even output a 3D model for selected parametric 3D CAD systems. One click on a button exports a 2D drawing or automatically inserts a 3D model of the calculated part or sub-assembly into a 3D CAD system. Like of the rest of MITCalc, this feature is also open to adapting to your needs. It is thus perfectly feasible to create a connection with 2D CAD, the definition of which is not part of the MITCalc application, create your own 2D drawing templates, which will be adjusted based on the calculated values when inserted or to extend the current options and properties of the built-in connections. Inserted 3D models are fully parametric, so you can further edit and change them directly in the CAD system.
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CAD Integration – The results of most calculations can be easily converted to a 2D drawing or 3D model of the designed part. For calculations that provide this option, you will find buttons for inserting the selected view or part into the selected CAD system.Note: MITCalc is a certified developer for Autodesk®, Solid Edge®, and SolidWorks®2D CAD systemsIn the calculation, simply select the target CAD system drawing (view) that you want to insert, and then the selected drawing in the correct scale and in the corresponding layer system is placed in the CAD system. You can also create a DXF file from the selected drawing (view). DXF file has a versatile use and you can insert it into 2D CAD and various graphic editors, or it can be easily used in 3D CAD systems as a basis for creating a 3D model.Supported 2D CAD systems: AutoCAD®, AutoCAD LT®, Ashlar Graphite™, IntelliCAD®, TurboCAD®, BricsCAD®, ZWCAD™, ProgeCAD®, platform independent DXF file, and more.3D CAD systemsIntegration to 3D CAD Systems is available as a separate module installed on top of the standard MITCalc package. The module includes parametric models and an interface for connecting Excel with the respective 3D CAD system. MITCalc thus becomes capable of generating assemblies consisting of either individual parts or groups of components (sub-assemblies). Generated components are fully associative (even you made additional modification into), which means that any part (a spring part or a belt gear sub-assembly, for example) needs to be inserted only once. Its dimensions will adapt automatically should the user make further changes to the calculation parameters later.Supported 3D CAD systems: Autodesk Inventor®, SolidWorks®, Solid Edge®, and PTC Creo®
Modules
- Straight Beams with Constant Cross-Section – Calculations of straight, maximum three times static indefinite beams with constant axis-symmetrical profiles.
- Shafts – Design, Deformation, Strength Test – Geometrical designs and complex examinations of shafts.
- Profiles – Static Characteristics – The calculation solves area characteristics of common profiles and mass characteristics of solids created by drawing or rotation of the profile.
- Slender Strut (Column) Buckling – Designed to calculate the optimum cross-section and perform strength check of slender struts strained for buckling.
- Power Screws and Ball Screws – Design, calculation and check of power screws and ball screws.
- Plates – The calculation deals with deflection, stress and variation of forces in loaded flat plates.
- Shells – The calculation solves deformations and curves of stress in rotational shells loaded with axial force, pressure, radial force and a bending moment.
- Spur Gear – External – The calculation is designed for geometric and strength design and check of external spur gearing with straight and helical toothing.
- Spur Gear – Internal – The calculation is designed for geometric and strength design and check of internal spur gearing with straight and helical toothing.
- Spur Gear – Gear Rack – The calculation is designed for geometric and strength design and check of gear rack with straight and helical toothing.
- Bevel and Hypoid Gear – The calculation is designed for geometric and strength designs and checks of bevel gear with straight, helical and curved teeth.
- Worm Gear – The calculation is used for geometrical and strength designs and worm gearing check.
- Planetary Gear – The calculation is designed for geometric and strength design and check of epicyclic gearing with straight and helical toothing.
- Design of Transmission Ratio – This workbook includes two auxiliary calculations to calculations of gearing.
- V-Belts – The calculation is designed for geometrical and strength designs of belt transmissions using V-belts.
- Toothed Belts – The calculation is designed for a geometrical design and strength check of toothed belt transmissions.
- Roller Chains – The calculation is designed for a geometrical design and strength check of common chain transmissions using roller chains.
- Transmission using Multiple Pulleys/Sprocket Wheels – The calculation is developed for geometrical designs of belt/chain transmissions with more sprocket wheels.
- Friction Brakes and Clutches – The program is intended for the design, calculation and validation of four basic types of friction brakes and clutches. It also allows the user to determine the kinetic energy and loading moments of the mechanisms.
- Flywheels – The program is intended for a design of a flywheel, its analysis, and determination of dimensions. It also allows to solve a crank mechanism and to determine parameters of asynchronous motors.
- Rolling Bearings I – SKF – This module can be used for the selection, calculation and check of rolling bearings.
- Rolling Bearings II – Inch – This module can be used for the selection, calculation and check of rolling bearings.
- Rolling Bearings III – INA/FAG – This module can be used for the selection, calculation and check of rolling bearings.
- Hydrodynamic plain journal bearings – The program is designed for design and control of hydrodynamic radial plain bearing. In the program it is possible to solve other tasks such as lubricant viscosity, shaft and bearing fit tolerances, parameters of friction materials, calculation of bearing clearance, etc.
- Hydrodynamic plain thrust pad bearings and plain tilting pad thrust bearings – The program is intended for design and control of hydrodynamic thrust bearing and plain bearing with tilting pads. The program can solve other problems such as viscosity of lubricants, parameters of friction materials, etc.
- Tolerances – This workbook includes tables and calculations for easy option of fits of machine parts and determination of their dimensional tolerances and deviations.
- Tolerance Analysis of Linear, 2D and 3D Dimensional Chains – Two programs are available for the analysis of linear, 2D and 3D dimensional chains, which in addition to the basic analysis also include a solution to some special problems.
- Bolted Connection – The calculation is designed for a geometrical design and strength check of a prestressed bolt connection, loaded by static or cyclic loading.
- Shafts Connection using Keys and Splines – The calculation is designed for geometric designs and strength checks of shaped couplings of shafts with hubs.
- Force Couplings of Shafts with Hubs – The calculation is intended for geometrical design and strength check of force couplings of shafts with hubs with a cylindrical contact area.
- Pins and Clevis Pins Couplings – The calculation is intended for the geometric design and strength check of couplings using pins and clevis pins.
- Welded Connections – The calculation is intended for the geometrical design and strength control of statically loaded welded connections of machine structures manufactured from carbon steels.
- Compression Spring – The calculation is intended for the purposes of geometric and strength designs of helical compression cylindrical springs made of wires and rods of circular sections, loaded with static or fatigue loading.
- Tension Spring – The calculation is intended for the purposes of geometric and strength designs of helical tension cylindrical springs made of wires and rods of circular sections, exposed to a static loading.
- Torsion Spring – The calculation is intended for the purposes of geometric and strength designs of spiral cylindrical torsion springs made of wires and rods in circular sections, exposed to a static or cyclic loading.
- Springs – 15 Types – The calculation is to be used for geometrical and strength design of metal springs of various types and designs, subjected to static or cyclic loads.
- Fluid mechanics – The program is designed to solve the most common problems in fluid mechanics.
- Search for Calculation, Project – This tool is determinated for simple retrieval of a calculation and easy orientation among the calculation *.xls files.
- Conversion of Units, Tables – In addition to all the calculations, MITCalc also contains many comparison and conversion tables.
- Technical Formulas – Excel workbook contains solutions to dozens of basic formulas from physics, technology and mechanical engineering.
- Thermal Properties of Materials – Influence of temperature on selected material parameters.
- Vehicle Aerodynamics – The program is intended for simple simulation of vehicle motion.
- External Ballistics – The program is intended for simple simulation of the firing of various types of bullets.