{"id":12477,"date":"2020-01-14T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=12477"},"modified":"2020-01-14T10:14:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:14:47","slug":"fusion-360-tech-tip-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/fusion-360-tech-tip-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Static Stress, and why every Designer should be using Simulation."},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to another Blog post!\u00a0 Today, we have a specific target.\u00a0 Are you a Designer?\u00a0 Yes?\u00a0 Then you are the target.<\/p>\n

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Since starting to use Fusion a few years back, I have become fascinated with the Simulation tools.\u00a0 As an Industrial Designer that has designed way too many things for mass production, I have had to adopt some Engineering mindset.\u00a0 Come with me on quick introduction to Static stress, improve your engineering and learn about how to be a better friend with the engineers on your team.<\/p>\n

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So, I am starting with a simple Shelf bracket.\u00a0 A basic \u201cL\u201d shape, keeping it as direct as possible.\u00a0 Fully dimensioned, as you can see (and saved).<\/p>\n

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My goal here is to test this \u201cdesign\u201d systematically for strength and to use as little material as possible.\u00a0 With that in mind, how about we select a Physical Material first?\u00a0 Right Click on the body, select Physical Material.<\/p>\n

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I am going to choose the basic Aluminum for now.\u00a0 Drag and drop the material onto the body (just like rendering<\/a> materials).<\/p>\n

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Make sure your file is saved, and head over the Simulation Tab.\u00a0 You will be greeted with pop up window asking you to select one of eight Simulation tests.\u00a0 For this test, we are going to be running a static stress test.\u00a0 The Shape optimization test is a great compliment to Static stress and both will help you understand Generative set up more (foreshadowing on the next tech tip from me).<\/p>\n

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Just like CAM, work left to right.\u00a0 We already have a study started.\u00a0 We do not need to simplify, and technically we do not need to select a material (we did, but you can always select here as well).\u00a0 So, that lands us on constraints.\u00a0 Step one is to tell the computer what is locked on the body.\u00a0 These are called Constraints, and we will use a structural constraint here.\u00a0 In an effort to keep is simple, we will lock the back face of the bracket to the \u201cwall\u201d.\u00a0 There are many other ways (for example, if you had a bolt hole).<\/p>\n

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You can see here that I selected the back face in the structural constrains window.\u00a0 The X, Y and Z Axis are default locked (you can unselected as need for more complicated tests).\u00a0 I have the type set at fixed.<\/p>\n

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Next we will add a structural load to the bracket.\u00a0 This is in Load drop down list.<\/p>\n

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In the structural load tool, I selected the top surface of my bracket.\u00a0 Changed the units to lbforce (I think in mm for distance, but cannot do weight yet) and made the load 100.<\/p>\n

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Again, moving from left to right, I selected pre check from the solve drop down.\u00a0 Fusion checked, and I have enough information to in my set up to run the test.<\/p>\n

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As I am now ready to run my test, I select solve from the Solve Drop down.\u00a0 As you can see, I can run this locally or on the cloud.\u00a0 I will choose cloud for this one.<\/p>\n

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The test finished in moments, and as you might have expected I am way over engineered here. The minimum Safety Factor is 15.\u00a0 With that in mind, a safety factor of 3 is a good average for consumer products.<\/p>\n

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As a Designer, I can take this information and apply it to my design.\u00a0 To make this example efficient, I will simply reduce thickness.\u00a0 I think I made the bracket 25mm and 20mm thick.\u00a0 How about I adjust the model to 10mm and 7.5mm thick?\u00a0 I updated the model sketch, and came back to the Simulation tab.\u00a0 As you can see, all are linked parametrically.\u00a0 Fusion is telling me the results are now out of date.\u00a0 This makes complete sense as I just removed a ton of material from the model.<\/p>\n

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All I have to do is right click on Study 1 in the browser and choose solve.\u00a0 This time, I will run this test locally.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, after re running the test, I now have a safety factor of 4.5.\u00a0 Much closer to what I need and not over using material.\u00a0 Think about that.\u00a0 As a Designer, I just saved material and know that my design is structurally sound.\u00a0 That equals saving cost, time and effort.\u00a0 Could I reduce more and retest?\u00a0 You bet, and I hope you see the power you now have.<\/p>\n

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Is engineering important?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Now, when you go to engineering team mates, you are so much farther ahead.\u00a0 If you really want to extend and olive branch to your Engineer buddies, export a results report here.<\/p>\n

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Pass on the PDF report to the Engineers.\u00a0 It will be Greek to you, but clear as day to them.\u00a0 Imagine their surprise when you show up with a part that is 90% ready and have a report to back it up?\u00a0 It will make them more efficient and they will WANT to work with you!<\/p>\n

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As always, I hope you enjoyed this tech tip.\u00a0 More to come.\u00a0 Do not be afraid of Simulation, just start simple with one body.\u00a0 It does get more complicated with more bodies and components.\u00a0 If you want to learn more about me, head over to my Instagram.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blaster701\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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