◦ The strength verification according to FKM with FEM results is time-consuming and requires a separate tool, e.g. KISSsoft. ◦ The strength verification was so far only carried out at individual points of the model. The selection of verification points is usually based on the equivalent stresses. The following influences can not or not sufficiently be considered. ▪ Locally different limit value of strain or plastic notch factor ▪ The location of the most critical combination of stress amplitude and mean stress ▪ The local stress gradient ◦ femMeshFKM was developed from ZF for railway applications (IX), where FEM calculations are performed with Permas. Postprocessing was done in Hyperworks. ◦ For ZF Test Systems, femMeshFKM has been extended to use Creo Simulate data. The postprocessing can be done also in Simulate.