mingyar Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Hello, I've been reading and learning from this forum for a long time, but now I have a question and I cant find the answer, I tried the inventor help but It doesn't have a very good answer. Im using Inventor 2010 for making a stress analysis on a assembly, what I need to find out is how to apply a force in a limited area on a surface, for example apply a force on a 10x10 area from a 40x40 steel plate, can you give me some advise? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Welcome aboard. What you want to do is use a split line. Say you have your part, start a 2d sketch either on its surface(if planar) or off the surface on a work plane. Draw the area you wish to apply force to(10x10). Exit your sketch and use the Split function. What this will do is make that small area on the face selectable when you are creating your forces in the simulation. If you need additional info/screen shots just let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingyar Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Thanks for your quick reply, I try what you suggest but now im having a error screen: "Stress analysis currently does not support multi-body parts. Consider combining them into a single-body part or promoting them into an assembly" Do you have any idea about this? thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingyar Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Ok now I play around with the split options and now I figure it out what was wrong, im still have to play more with those options to see the differences. thanks again for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I guess you figured out to only split the face into two faces - not split the part into two parts. If you have trouble zip and attach your file here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingyar Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 I guess you figured out to only split the face into two faces - not split the part into two parts. If you have trouble zip and attach your file here. Thats what I figured out, that there are 3 options to split and I have to use the split face. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 sorry I was vague on the response mingyar. Exactly, you only want to split the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingyar Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 But thanks for the answer shift, you give me the clue for what to do. It was very helpful for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Were you able to get the results you were looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingyar Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Were you able to get the results you were looking for? Yes shift, I was able to get the results that I was looking for, thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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