ABSTRACT
Finite element analysis (FEA) is a well-established tool for complex physical simulations in engineering and science. FEA has become so pervasive that an interest in simulation results reaches well beyond the laboratory and the engineering departments of industry. So common are simulations that they are oft en used in news programs to elucidate complex events and relationships. So valuable are simulations that they fi gure in forensic analysis, and so accurate are they that they can become the basis for legislation and statutes. Th is widespread interest in FEA necessitates an eff ective set of tools to communicate the results of the analysis.
