Abstract: In this paper, a two-dimensional finite element model is used to evaluate the temperature and thermal-softening distribution of coated 30CrMnSiA steel plate induced by different temporally and spacially distributed CW laser. The simulation results show that different laser intensity spacial distributions give rise to different target surface temperature distributions and material thermal softening distributions, but both the difference in temperature field and heat softening distributions are all much smaller than that of laser spacial profiles. Laser wave has influence on target temperature rise history, but has little influence on final temperature and its distribution.