LS-DYNA's standout strength is its explicit dynamics solver, which excels at simulating extreme, short-duration events like crashes, impacts, and explosions with remarkable accuracy. What makes it truly powerful is its massive parallelization capability — it scales efficiently across hundreds of CPU cores, dramatically cutting down solve times for complex, large-scale models Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest downside of LS-DYNA is its steep learning curve — it's far from beginner-friendly, and even minor mismatches in card definitions or material parameters can produce completely wrong results without obvious warnings. On top of that, it carries a high licensing cost, making it hard to justify for smaller firms, and much of the advanced knowledge is locked in tribal wisdom among experienced users rather than accessible documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LS-Dyna is an industry-wide, well-known software for its explicit-domain simulation capabilities, serving industries such as automotive, aerospace, blast and mining, heavy equipment, chemicals, and more. I especially like LS-Dyna’s multiphysics simulation capability, along with the reliability and accuracy of its simulations. It also offers broad support for many element and material types, including options for degradation and failure-propagation behaviors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LS-dyna has wide variety of the material library along with various cards to help stabilizes the solution and achieve the convergence. That also becomes its downside as minute variation or definition mismatch in the cards can results in completely useless results. Unless and until you know how its each parameter works and how to use each card its really difficult to get appropriate results. Its not at all beginner friendly, You can not directly start learning LS-dyna without any prior understanding or training in FEA domain and tools like, ansys, abaqus, nastran or optistruct. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am actively using Ansys LS-DYNA for crashworthiness simulations and impact analysis. It's great for situations when I need to see how materials behave under extreme loads or high-speed conditions. The solver is incredibly robust, handling large deformations and complex contact scenarios without crashing. Additionally, I like the wide range of material models, which gives me options to simulate different mechanical behaviors for composites and metals. The initial setup was easy enough, and installing the solver itself was pretty straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It takes a while to get comfortable with key word structure and the settings. Very rarely the pre processing can feel a bit clunky too. Better documentation with examples ranging from simple to complex would definitely be of big help. I would like to see more practical tutorials that walk through from start to finish. Besides that I think it would be better if the pre process has better default settings so that I don't have to tweak so many small things to get the stable run. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While the Dyna code has evolved, Oasys suite has remained concise and logical to use. It provides Vectayn Ltd the confidence to build stable models and checking prior to submitting the job. Also, it is now easy access to all packages within the suite which provides an all round suite. The Oasys Team listen to our requests and suggestions, incorporating them into next releases. As expectations of analysis have changed, from a bolt on to vehicle programmes to a central process in design development, Oasys Suite has continued to evolve to allow analysts to work efficiently. It is clear that the development team have input from engineers working on live programmes and experiencing what users actually need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much to be honest. Prices are creeping up and the license term isn't as flexible as it once was. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used Mechanical APDL interface of Ansys and LS-Dyna as a solution engine. I could obtain precise results from very difficult non linear dynamic FEA models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I could not find implicit dynamics settings for slow metal forming simulations. I spent really long simulation time for the results from explicit dynamics analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys is a great program for mechanical analysis. Especially meshing and force capabilities is very great and there are a lot of options. Besides, UX is very useful for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Basic modelling tools and material library need to improve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LS-Prepost which is open source helps you to get used to the software's interface without having a licence and once you have confidence on using one can get a license. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface needs to be updated frequently, when compared to the other ansys analysis tools the UI in LS-DYNA looks outdated and sometimes LS-Prepost hangs and the entire work will be gone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys LS-DYNA allows you to simulate and analyse various complex problems it has easy to use interface with so much detailing wich makes it easier for the user to do enhanced problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

i couldn't say anything wrong with the software because it was so comforting to use, but the user interface could be much more efficient and simplistic design making it even more comfortable for the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about Ls-Dyna as a solver and modeller is that you can use any other CAE modelling software whichever may be available to you or according to your ease. Solver Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If basic modelling tools can be improved it would be great. I understand that it is meant to be used as a solver but it would encourage students to try it at the very least because there is not a lot of online content available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I did my final year thesis in Ansys LS-Dyna. Ansys was a user friendly software and every tool was easily accessible. The large variety of analysis tools have us upperhand in our project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since I had a very good experience I would say there is nothing really to improve from my point of view. The user interface could be much better when compared to other softwares Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.