Ok, so i made this video for all the modeling community. I have finally found a place that does meshless FEA meaning i can import STL files and do some basic analysis on the parts.
it is FREE and the educational version is free as well. The only difference is the educational allows more projects. The free version is 3 (i think) so you have to delete one every so often to run another test.
below is the site and the video. The video is 16 minutes, so feel free to skip around and also put in 2x mode. I made this video on the fly so i do speak a little slower.
fea with sketchup (youtube.com)
enjoy:)