© 2011 Autodesk MA4712-P Simulation PowerTrack Working with Any CAD Format and Autodesk Simulation Luke Mihelcic Product Marketing Manager | Digital Simulation

© 2011 Autodesk Course Outline  Welcome and Introduction  Manipulation and Preparation  Simplification Tools  Best Practices  Working with non-Native CAD  Importing / exporting  Best practices  Direct Modeling  Crash course  Tool  Best practices  Geometry Challenges with simulation models

© 2011 Autodesk Class Summary Learn how multi-CAD engineering organizations are using Autodesk Simulation tools. Autodesk Inventor® Fusion allows the integration of virtually any CAD model into Autodesk Simulation. Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to:  Use Inventor Fusion to manipulate and prepare simulation models  Work with CAD models from virtually any system  Realize the benefits of direct modeling  Identify and overcome typical CAD challenges when working with various CAD systems

© 2011 Autodesk Welcome Twitter: Facebook: Simulation/ http:// Simulation/ Questions for the audience……. Do you use Inventor, Pro/E, SW, NX…..? Do you simulate? Do you simplify? Do you create simulation only models?

© 2011 Autodesk Manipulation and Preparation

© 2011 Autodesk Tools at your disposal Simplify  Fillets  Constant size  Fillet or Round  Chamfers  Equal length  Holes  Thru holes  Counter bore Actions  Delete  Create favorite  Select

© 2011 Autodesk Tools at your disposal Find Features  Fillets  Holes  Chamfers  Extrudes  Revolves  Patterns  Mirrors

© 2011 Autodesk Working with non-Native CAD

© 2011 Autodesk Tools at your disposal Find Features  9 native file types  5 neutral

© 2011 Autodesk Direct Modeling for Simulation

© 2011 Autodesk Fusion Modeling Tips for Simulation  No gap  No overlaps  Avoid no-critical features  Fillets  Chamfers  Holes  Close proximity features  Patterns

© 2011 Autodesk Fusion Modeling Tools  Sketching  Parts  Assemblies  Iterating

© 2011 Autodesk Geometry Challenges with simulation models

© 2011 Autodesk When and Why to Simplify  Run time  High element count  Repetitive features  Geometry Import Failure  Flow only

© 2011 Autodesk Q & A

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