Re:This is nothing new at all (Score 1)

See also SolidWorks and CosmosWorks for design+FEA analysis packages. As argueably the best mainstream software used in the mechanical design industry, SW comes with tons of add-ons, COSMOSWorks being one of them, it's also a lot cheaper than most of the packages described here. This article describes a process in which the mesh is not re-created on part redesign, but since a new problem must be created once any force or input to the part is changed, you probably would not save any time in the long run. I see this as just a small evolutionary step in FEA analysis and it's integration into the design process.