Make Part and Make Components
Create your layout and investigate your design� When
you are satisfied with the design state, use the Make
Part or Make Components workflow to derive sketch
block instances into part or assembly file component
instances� The component instances remain associated
with the block instances and layout, so changes you
make to the block definitions or layout are reflected in
the part and assembly files�
The Make Components command translates sketch
constraints between blocks to assembly constraints
so all of the assembly kinematics can be created and
maintained associatively from the layout� In addition
the Make Part command can be used with the new solid
bodies to quickly produce multiple parts from a single
multibody part and assemble them in an assembly�
Integrated Static and Modal Analysis
Easy-to-use integrated finite element analysis makes it
possible to analyze your design without translating the
CAD model or moving the data to another product� You
can perform both static and modal analysis to examine
deformation, and maximum and minimum stresses,
enabling you to design higher-quality parts and ensure
your design meets required safety factors�
Create parametric studies, using the Parametric table,
to identify design constraints and parameter ranges�
Then use the parameter table controls to visualize the
effects of parameter changes on your design�
Unified FEA Environment for Parts and Assemblies
A single stress analysis environment provides you with
control over:
• Material selection—
change materials, up-
date the simulation,
and see the results�
• Constraint and Load
definition—specify
the boundary condi-
tions for your analy-
sis�
• Contact conditions—
use automatic
contacts and manual
contacts to define the
component relationships�
• Mesh definition—global and local mesh controls
provide optimum refinement for analysis conditions�
• Representations—use design and level of detail
representations to simplify the model� Use positional
representations to analyze the model in a specific
position�
• Component visibility and exclusion—use these
options to further simplify the model by removing
components from being analyzed�
Optimization
Assembly optimization automatically seeks the
parameter values that meet the specified design
criteria�
You can promote the parameter values, resulting from
the studies or optimization, back into the Inventor
assembly model to update the part/assembly with
parameters selected during during the simulation
studies�
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