Tata Technologies Autodesk CAD Geek Speak

CAD Geek Summer School Tour is back this year!!!

By David Fetz on July 7th, 2011

“SECURE YOUR BEACH CHAIRS” IN THESE LOCATIONS:

We are doing a “13-City Tour” in the following cities:

Muskegon, MI
Kalamazoo, MI
Madison Heights/Detroit, MI
Jacksonville, FL
Orlando, FL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Tampa, FL
Sarasota, FL
Addison, IL
Toledo, OH
Dayton, OH
Columbus, OH
Strongsville, OH

Receive a FREE CAD Geek Summer School T-shirt when you attend your event, and be automatically entered into a drawing to win an iPad!

12 Noon – 1:15 pm – Registration • Lunch • Overview

1:15 – 2:15 pm – Simulate Your Ideas

Contain costs while maintaining a sound design! Run dynamic simulation inside Autodesk Inventor then use the results for Finite Element Analysis. Discover even more functionality with Autodesk Simulation to generate fatigue analysis.

2:30 – 3:00 pm – Autodesk Inventor Drawing Template Creation

Get the most out of your 3D data with templates that work! Gain a better understanding of the resources that go into automating a documentation engine.

3:00 – 3:30 pm – Autodesk Inventor Fusion 2012
(It’s not just a preview anymore!)

Leverage 3D data from any source! Learn how you can edit and maintain non-native imported data as well as enable non-engineering team members to collaborate on your 3D data.

3:45 – 4:45 pm – Visualization

Empower marketing and sell more. Discover how to generate compelling images, from basic visualization to stunning animation with Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Showcase and 3DS Max.

Registration Link: www.tatatechnologies.com/summerschool

Tags: Free, Training

By David Fetz on July 7th, 2011
Topics: 2012, Analysis, Autodesk Algor, Autodesk Inventor Fusion, Autodesk Inventor Professional, Autodesk Showcase, FEA, Inventor 2012, Inventor Fusion, Knowledge sharing, Thermal analysis, Training, Tricks, Visualization, rendering, templates Tags: Free, Training

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Import an assembly, perform an FEA analysis, make changes and export… All in one fell swoop.

By Ben Curtin on May 20th, 2011

That’s Autodesk Inventor with Fusion Technology in action.

Check out a video of the process HERE.

By Ben Curtin on May 20th, 2011
Topics: Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Inventor Fusion, FEA, export, import
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Inventor Simulation – Pushing results into single part FEA

By David Fetz on December 10th, 2010

In my last post I took a look at working with Inventor Simulation, some basic set-ups etc… This week I am going to take it one step further taking those results and utilizing them for part FEA. The software allows you to push results into multiple parts one exception is working with parts that are within a sub-assembly in that case you just need to set the sub-assembly as flexible. With this functionality being so easy to use and the detailed information produced from it we should never experience design failures once we produce physical prototypes.

Video link:
Inventor Simulation – Pushing Results for Single Part Fea

Tags: FEA, Inventor Simualtion

By David Fetz on December 10th, 2010
Topics: Analysis, FEA, Simulation Tags: FEA, Inventor Simualtion

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Cloud-based FEA optimization for Inventor

By Ben Curtin on August 24th, 2010

There is a public trial available for Autodesk’s latest FEA based optimization tool available for download on Autodesk Labs (labs.autodesk.com). This allows a user to specify model parameters that they would consider changing, and the optimization iterates through all of the available combinations to determine which will result in the lowest weight while maintaining a specified safety factor. This is something that could be accomplished with the optimization tool in Inventor Simulation, but it could take hours to solve. The beauty of the new tool is that all of the computing is done in “The Cloud” with multiple iterations being processed simultaneously. This allows you to continue working on your workstation while the calculations are solved online and in a fraction of the time it would otherwise take. After solving, a configuration sorter allows you to see the results of each combination and filter for options that meet your safety and weight factor criteria.

By Ben Curtin on August 24th, 2010
Topics: Autodesk Inventor, Cloud computing, FEA
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2D FEA to solve complex problems in Algor

By Ben Curtin on May 25th, 2010

Sometimes there are geometric situations that can be visualized in a 2D sense even though the real objects in question are of course 3D. Similarly, many times FEA problems can be solved with a 2D model to achieve the same basic results as a more complex 3D representation. The 2D model is easier to construct, and generally takes only 10% of the time to solve as a 3D model. Autodesk Algor can utilize 2D mesh elements to help simplify problems down to their most basic elements so that we can obtain results much faster.

Here is an example of a fluid flow study (CFD) that has been conducted in Algor to determine the flow characteristics through a porous media. This type of problem would be much more complex to solve as a 3D model, and the 2D representation still works great to see what is happening with the fluid flow.