Autodesk Inventor Simulation 2009
Getting Started
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Contents
Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 Get Started With Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About Autodesk Inventor Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Learning Autodesk Inventor Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using Stress Analysis Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Understanding the Value of Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Understanding How Stress Analysis Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Analysis Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interpreting Results of Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Equivalent Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Maximum and Minimum Principal Stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Deformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Safety Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Frequency Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Analyze Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Working in the Stress Analysis Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Running Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Verifying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Applying Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Applying Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Setting Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Feature Suppression Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setting Solution Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Obtaining Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Running Modal Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3 View Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using Results Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Editing the Color Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Reading Stress Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Interpreting Results Contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Animate Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Results Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 4 Revise Models and Stress Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Changing Model Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Changing Solution Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Updating Results of Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 5 Generate Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Running Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Interpreting Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Saving and Distributing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Saving Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Distributing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 6 Manage Stress Analysis Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Creating and Using Analysis Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Understanding File Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Repairing Disassociated Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Copying Geometry Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Resolving File Link Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating New Analysis Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Exporting Analysis Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Chapter 7 Get Started with Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
About Autodesk Inventor Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Learning Autodesk Inventor Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Understanding Simulation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Simulation Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Interpreting Simulation Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Relative Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Coherent Masses and Inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Continuity of Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 8 Simulate Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Understanding Degrees of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Understanding Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Converting Assembly Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Defining Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Creating Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 9 Construct Moving Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Creating Rigid Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adding Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Working with Z Axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Working with Joint Triad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 10 Simulation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Input Grapher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Output Grapher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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Stress Analysis
Part 1 of this manual presents the getting started information for Stress Analysis in the
Autodesk® Inventor™ Simulation software. This add-on to the Autodesk Inventor part and
sheet metal environments provides the capability to analyze the stress and frequency responses
of mechanical part designs.
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Get Started With Stress Analysis
Autodesk® Inventor™ Simulation software provides a combination of industry-specific tools
that extend the capabilities of Autodesk Inventor for completing complex machinery and
other product designs.
Stress Analysis in Autodesk Inventor Simulation is an add-on to the Autodesk Inventor part
and sheet metal environments. It provides the capability to analyze the stress and frequency
responses of mechanical part designs.
This chapter provides basic information about the stress analysis environment and the
workflow processes necessary to analyze loads and constraints placed on a part.
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About Autodesk Inventor Simulation
Built on the Autodesk Inventor application, Autodesk Inventor Simulation
includes several different modules. The first module included in this manual is
Stress Analysis. It provides functionality for stressing and analyzing mechanical
product designs.
This manual provides basic conceptual information to help get you started and
specific examples that introduce you to the capabilities of Stress Analysis in
Autodesk Inventor Simulation.
Learning Autodesk Inventor Simulation
We assume that you have a working knowledge of the Autodesk Inventor
Simulation interface and tools. If you do not, use Help for access to online
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documentation and tutorials, and complete the exercises in the Autodesk
Inventor Simulation Getting Started manual.
At a minimum, we recommend that you understand how to:
■ Use the assembly, part modeling, and sketch environments and browsers.
■ Edit a component in place.
■ Create, constrain, and manipulate work points and work features.
■ Set color styles.
Be more productive with Autodesk® software. Get trained at an Autodesk
Authorized Training Center (ATC®) with hands-on, instructor-led classes to
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For more information about training centers, contact atc.program@autodesk.com
or visit the online ATC locator at www.autodesk.com/atc.
We also recommend that you have a working knowledge of Microsoft
Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000, or Windows® XP, and a working
knowledge of concepts for stressing and analyzing mechanical assembly
designs.
Using Help
®
As you work, you may need additional information about the task you are
performing. The Help system provides detailed concepts, procedures, and
reference information about every feature in the Autodesk Inventor Simulation
Simulation modules as well as the standard Autodesk Inventor Simulation
features.
To access the Help system, use one of the following methods:
■ Click Help ➤ Help Topics, and then use the Table of Contents to navigate
to Stress Analysis topics.
■ Press F1 for Help with the active operation.
■ In any dialog box, click the ? icon.
■ In the graphics window, right-click, and then click How To. The How To
topic for the current tool is displayed.
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Using Stress Analysis Tools
Autodesk Inventor Simulation Stress Analysis provides tools for determining
structural design performance directly on your Autodesk Inventor Simulation
model. Autodesk Inventor Simulation Stress Analysis includes tools to place
loads and constraints on a part and calculate the resulting stress, deformation,
safety factor, and resonant frequency modes.
Enter the stress analysis environment in Autodesk Inventor Simulation with
an active part.
With the stress analysis tools, you can:
■ Perform a stress or frequency analysis of a part.
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■ Apply a force, pressure, bearing, moment, or body load to vertices, faces,
or edges of the part, or apply a motion load directly to a part.
■ Apply fixed or non-zero displacement constraints to the model.
■ Evaluate the impact of multiple parametric design changes.
■ View the analysis results in terms of equivalent stress, minimum and
maximum principal stresses, deformation, safety factor, or resonant
frequency modes.
■ Add or suppress features such as gussets, fillets or ribs, re-evaluate the
design, and update the solution.
■ Animate part through various stages of deformation, stress, safety factor,
and frequencies.
■ Generate a complete and automatic engineering design report that can be
saved in HTML format.
Understanding the Value of Stress Analysis
Performing an analysis of a mechanical part in the design phase can help you
bring a better product to market in less time. Autodesk Inventor Simulation
Stress Analysis helps you:
■ Determine if the part is strong enough to withstand expected loads or
vibrations without breaking or deforming inappropriately.
■ Gain valuable insight at an early stage when the cost of redesign is small.
■ Determine if the part can be redesigned in a more cost-effective manner
and still perform satisfactorily under expected use.
Stress analysis, for this discussion, is a tool to understand how a design will
perform under certain conditions. It might take a highly trained specialist a
great deal of time performing what is often called a detailed analysis to obtain
an exact answer with regard to reality. What is often as useful to help predict
and improve a design is the trending and behavioral information obtained
from a basic or fundamental analysis. Performing this basic analysis early in
the design phase can substantially improve the overall engineering process.
Here is an example of stress analysis use: When designing bracketry or single
piece weldments, the deformation of your part may greatly affect the alignment
of critical components causing forces that induce accelerated wear. When
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evaluating vibration effects, geometry plays a critical role in the resonant
frequency of a part. Avoiding or, in some cases, targeting critical resonant
frequencies literally is the difference between part failure and expected part
performance.
For any analysis, detailed or fundamental, it is vital to keep in mind the nature
of approximations, study the results, and test the final design. Proper use of
stress analysis greatly reduces the number of physical tests required. You can
experiment on a wider variety of design options and improve the end product.
To learn more about the capabilities of Autodesk Inventor Simulation Stress
Analysis, view online demonstrations and tutorials, or see how to run analysis
on Autodesk Inventor Simulation assemblies, visit
http://www.ansys.com/autodesk.
Understanding How Stress Analysis Works
Stress analysis is done using a mathematical representation of a physical system
composed of:
■ A part (model).
■ Material properties.
■ Applicable boundary conditions and loads, referred to as preprocessing.
■ The solution of that mathematical representation (solving).
To find a solution, the part is divided into smaller elements. The solver
adds up the individual behaviors of each element to predict the behavior
of the entire physical system.
■ The study of results of that solution, referred to as post-processing.
Analysis Assumptions
The stress analysis provided by Autodesk Inventor Simulation is appropriate
only for linear material properties where the stress is directly proportional to
the strain in the material (meaning no permanent yielding of the material).
Linear behavior results when the slope of the material stress-strain curve in
the elastic region (measured as the Modulus of Elasticity) is constant.
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The total deformation is assumed to be small in comparison to the part
thickness. For example, if studying the deflection of a beam, the calculated
displacement must be less than the minimum cross-section of the beam.
The results are temperature-independent. The temperature is assumed not to
affect the material properties.
The CAD representation of the physical model is broken down into small
pieces (think of a 3D puzzle). This process is called meshing. The higher the
quality of the mesh (collection of elements), the better the mathematical
representation of the physical model. By combining the behaviors of each
element using simultaneous equations, you can predict the behavior of shapes
that would otherwise not be understood using basic closed form calculations
found in typical engineering handbooks.
The following is a block (element) with well-defined mechanical and modal
behaviors.
In this example of a simple part, the structural behavior would be difficult to
predict solving equations by hand.
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Here, the same part is broken into small blocks (meshed into elements), each
with well-defined behaviors capable of being summed (solved) and easily
interpreted (post-processed). For sheet metal, a special element type is used.
It is assumed that the model is thin in one direction relative to the size of the
other dimensions. The model has identical topologies on the top and bottom
and has only one topology through the thickness of the model.
Interpreting Results of Stress Analysis
The output of a mathematical solver is generally a substantial quantity of raw
data. This quantity of raw data would normally be difficult and tedious to
interpret without the data sorting and graphical representation traditionally
referred to as post-processing. Post-processing is used to create graphical
displays that show the distribution of stresses, deformations, and other aspects
of the model. Interpretation of these post-processed results is the key to
identifying:
■ Areas of potential concern as in weak areas in a model.
■ Areas of material waste as in areas of the model bearing little or no load.
■ Valuable information about other model performance characteristics, such
as vibration, that otherwise would not be known until a physical model
is built and tested (prototyped).
The results interpretation phase is where the most critical thinking must take
place. You compare the results (such as the numbers versus color contours,
movements) with what is expected. You determine if the results make sense,
and explain the results based on engineering principles. If the results are other
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than expected, evaluate the analysis conditions and determine what is causing
the discrepancy.
Equivalent Stress
Three-dimensional stresses and strains build up in many directions. A common
way to express these multidirectional stresses is to summarize them into an
Equivalent stress, also known as the von-Mises stress. A three-dimensional
solid has six stress components. If material properties are found experimentally
by an uniaxial stress test, then the real stress system is related by combining
the six stress components to a single equivalent stress.
Maximum and Minimum Principal Stresses
According to elasticity theory, an infinitesimal volume of material at an
arbitrary point on or inside the solid body can be rotated such that only normal
stresses remain and all shear stresses are zero. When the normal vector of a
surface and the stress vector acting on that surface are collinear, the direction
of the normal vector is called principal stress direction. The magnitude of the
stress vector on the surface is called the principal stress value.
Deformation
Deformation is the amount of stretching that an object undergoes due to the
loading. Use the deformation results to determine where and how much a
part will bend, and how much force is required to make it bend a particular
distance.
Safety Factor
All objects have a stress limit depending on the material used, which is referred
to as material yield. If steel has a yield limit of 40,000 psi, any stresses above
this limit result in some form of permanent deformation. If a design is not
supposed to deform permanently by going beyond yield (most cases), then
the maximum allowable stress in this case is 40,000 psi.
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A factor of safety can be calculated as the ratio of the maximum allowable
stress to the equivalent stress (von-Mises) and must be over 1 for the design
to be acceptable. (Less than 1 means there is some permanent deformation.)
Factor of safety results immediately points out areas of potential yield, where
equivalent stress results always show red in the highest area of stress, regardless
of how high or low the value. Since a factor of safety of 1 means the material
is essentially at yield, most designers strive for a safety factor of between 2 to
4 based on the highest expected load scenario. Unless the maximum expected
load is frequently repeated, the fact that some areas of the design go into yield
does not always mean the part will fail. Repeated high load may result in a
fatigue failure, which is not simulated by Autodesk Inventor Simulation Stress
Analysis. Always, use engineering principles to evaluate the situation.
Frequency Modes
Use vibration analysis to test a model for:
■ Its natural resonant frequencies (for example, a rattling muffler during idle
conditions, or other failures)
■ Random vibrations
■ Shock
■ Impact
Each of these incidences may act on the natural frequency of the model,
which, in turn, may cause resonance and subsequent failure. The mode shape
is the displacement shape that the model adopts when it is excited at a
resonant frequency.
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Analyze Models
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Once your model is defined, define the loads and constraints for the condition you want to
test, and then perform an analysis of the model. Use the stress analysis environment to prepare
your model for analysis, and then run the analysis.
This chapter explains how to define loads, constraints, and parameters, and run your analysis.
Working in the Stress Analysis Environment
Use the stress analysis environment to analyze your part design and evaluate
different options quickly. You can analyze a part model under different
conditions using various materials, loads, and constraints (or boundary
conditions), and then view the results. You have a choice of performing a stress
analysis, or a resonant frequency analysis with associated mode shapes. After
viewing and evaluating the results, you can change your model and rerun the
analysis to see what effect your changes produced.
You can enter the stress analysis environment from the part and sheet metal
environments.
Enter the stress analysis environment
1 Start with the part or sheet metal environment active.
2 Click Applications ➤ Stress Analysis.
The Stress Analysis panel bar displays.
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Loads and constraints are listed under Loads & Constraints in the browser. If
you right-click a load or constraint in the browser, you can:
■ Edit the item. The dialog box for that item opens so that you can make
changes.
■ Delete the item.
To rename an item in the browser, click it, enter a new name, and then press
ENTER.
Running Stress Analysis
Once you build or load a part, you can run an analysis to evaluate it for its
intended use. You can perform either a stress analysis or a resonant frequency
analysis of your part under defined conditions. Use the same workflow steps
in either analysis.
The following are the basic steps to perform a stress or resonant frequency
analysis on a part design.
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Workflow: Perform a typical analysis
1 Enter the stress analysis environment.
2 Verify that the material used for the part is suitable, or select one.
3 On the Stress Analysis panel bar, select the type of load to apply. The
choices are Force, Pressure, Bearing Load, Moment, Body Load, Motion
load (for a part exported from Dynamic Simulation), or Fixed Constraint.
4 On the model, select the faces, edges, or vertices where you want to apply
the load.
5 Enter the load parameters (for example, on the Force dialog box, enter
the magnitude and direction). Numerical parameters can be entered as
numbers or equations that contain user-defined parameters.
6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each load on the part.
7 Apply constraints to the model.
8 Change stress analysis environment settings as needed.
9 Modify or add parameters as needed.
10 Start the analysis.
11 View the results.
12 Change the model and reanalyze it until you simulate the appropriate
behavior.
Verifying Material
The first step is to verify that your model material is appropriate for stress
analysis. When you select Stress Analysis, Autodesk® Inventor™ checks the
material defined for your part. If the material is suitable, it is listed in the
Stress Analysis browser. If it is not suitable, a dialog box is displayed so that
you can select a new material.
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You can cancel this dialog box and continue setting up your stress analysis.
However, when you attempt a stress analysis update, this dialog box is
displayed so you can select a valid material before running the analysis.
If the yield strength or density are zero, you cannot perform an analysis.
Once you select a suitable material, click OK.
Applying Loads
The first step in preparing your model for analysis is applying one or more
loads to the model.
Workflow: Apply loads for analysis
1 Select the type of load you want to apply.
2 Select the geometry of the model where the load is applied.
3 Enter the required information for that load.
You can apply as many loads as you need. As you apply them, the loads are
listed in the browser under Loads & Constraints. Once you define a load, you
can edit it by right-clicking it, and then selecting Edit from the menu.
Select and apply a load
1 In the stress analysis environment, Stress Analysis panel bar, click Force.
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After you select Force, you define the force on the Force dialog box.
2 Click faces, edges, or vertices on the part to select them. Use CTRL-click
to remove a feature from the selection set.
Once you select an initial feature, your selection is limited to features of
the same type (only faces, only edges, only vertices). The location arrow
turns white.
3 Click the direction arrow to set the direction of the force. You can set the
direction normal to a face or work plane, or along an edge or work axis.
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When the force location is a single face, the direction is automatically
set to the normal of the face, with the force pointing to the outside of
the part.
4 To reverse the direction of the force, click the Flip Direction button.
5 Enter the magnitude of the force.
6 To specify the force components, click the More button to expand the
dialog box, and then select the check box for Use Components.
7 Enter either a numerical force value or an equation using defined
parameters. The default value is 100 in the unit system defined for the
part.
8 Click OK.
An arrow is displayed on the model indicating the direction and location
of the force.
You follow a similar procedure for each of the different load types.
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This table summarizes information about each load type:
Load-Specific InformationLoad
Force
Pressure
Bearing
Load
Moment
Body Loads
Applying Constraints
Apply a force to a set of faces, edges, or vertices. When the
force location is a face, the direction is automatically set to
the normal of the face, with the force pointing to the inside
of the part. Define the direction planar faces, straight edges,
and axes.
Pressure is uniform and acts normal to the surface at all locations on the surface. Apply pressure only to faces.
Apply a bearing load only to cylindrical faces. By default, the
applied load is along the axis of the cylinder and the direction
of the load is radial.
Apply a moment only to faces. Define direction planar faces,
straight edges, two vertices, and axes.
Select a direction from the Earth Standard Gravity list to apply
gravity. Select the Enable check box under Acceleration or
Rotational Velocity. You can only apply one body load per
analysis.
After you define your loads, specify the constraints on the geometry of the
part. You can apply as many constraints as you need. The defined constraints
are listed in the browser under Loads & Constraints. After you define a
constraint, you can edit it by right-clicking it, and then selecting Edit from
the menu.
Select and apply a constraint
1 On the Stress Analysis panel bar, click Fixed Constraint, Pin Constraint,
or Frictionless Constraint.
2 In the graphics window, select a set of faces, edges, or vertices to constrain.
The location arrow turns white.
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3 Click the More button to specify a fixed displacement for the constraint,
if needed. Check Use Components, and then check the box next to the
global axis label (X, Y, or Z) along which the displacement occurs.
You can use parameters and negative values. Use Components to specify
a non-zero displacement that can be used as a load.
4 Click OK.
Setting Parameters
When you define loads and constraints for a part, the values you enter
(magnitudes, vector components, and so on) are stored as parameters in
Inventor. It automatically generates the parameter names. For example, load
parameters are labeled dn, where d0 is the first load created, d1 the second
load, and so on.
Load magnitude and constraint displacement values can be entered as
equations when you are defining them. Or, after defining the loads and
constraints, select Parameters from the stress analysis panel bar. On the
Parameters dialog box, enter equations for any of the load or constraint
parameters.
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You can define and edit parameters at any time, either during part modeling,
analysis setup, or post-processing. If you change the parameters associated
with a load or constraint after a solution is obtained, the Update command
is enabled so you can run a new solution.
You cannot delete the system-generated parameters, although they are deleted
automatically if their associated loads or constraints are deleted. You also
cannot delete parameters that are currently used by a system-generated
parameter.
Feature Suppression Tracking
When conducting analysis studies, you may need to tailor portions of a model
to allow for a more efficient analysis. Generally, this technique involves
removing geometrically small features which only complicated the mesh,
without significant effects to the final result.
Setting Solution Options
Before starting your solution, set the analysis type and mesh relevance for the
analysis, and then specify whether to create new analysis file. Select Stress
Analysis Settings from the stress analysis panel bar to open the dialog box.
When you finish setting the options, click OK to commit them.
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