turboCAD Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Hello! I am designing wing ribs for a prototype, ribs made with fir wood; I must make cuts in the ribs in the form of circles or triangles to reduce the weight but keep the strength. I think I will use circles because a triangle's corners can be starting points for fissures(maybe triangles with rounded corners?). Given: wood type,fiber alignment, rib dimensions, pattern of circles and circles' diameters, can Autocad calculate the forces that rib can withstand on each axis ox,oy,oz? Is there another program that can tell me what forces an object can withstand given information about that object? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 No, AutoCAD cannot do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboCAD Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 do you know of a program which can do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Perhaps Inventor but I can't say for sure since I don't use the program. You'll have to wait for someone who does use it to comment further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboCAD Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 ok.Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Is this what you had in mind? http://comp3820.hubpages.com/hub/Finite-Element-Analysis-FEA-in-AutoDesk-Inventor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboCAD Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Is this what you had in mind? http://comp3820.hubpages.com/hub/Finite-Element-Analysis-FEA-in-AutoDesk-Inventor wow, this is EXACTLY what I had in mind! ReMark, Thank you very,very much! PS: I wonder if it can simulate air flow patterns on shapes and resulting drag/lift forces... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I can do magic but I can't perform miracles. LoL I have no idea if Inventor can simulate air flow patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Solidworks Flow Simulation Software might be what you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboCAD Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Solidworks Flow Simulation Software might be what you are looking for. Yes,it seems to be! you have been an immense help, ReMark, thank you! There is a huge amount of learning ahead: Solidworks Flow Simulation Software and Autodesk Inventor but the possibilities these two programs unleash are worth the struggle. Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 You're entirely welcomed but don't trust to my advice. Wait for the experts to get here and add their comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Students of any age anywhere in the world can get Inventor Professional (FEA) or Autodesk Analysis (FEA and Computational Fluid Dymanics (flow simulation)) for free from http://www.autodesk.com/edcommunity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboCAD Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Students of any age anywhere in the world can get Inventor Professional (FEA) or Autodesk Analysis (FEA and Computational Fluid Dymanics (flow simulation)) for free from http://www.autodesk.com/edcommunity [ATTACH=CONFIG]36380[/ATTACH] Thank you, J D Mather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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