{"id":2265,"date":"2016-07-12T14:17:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T21:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2016-07-13T17:03:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T00:03:26","slug":"lifting-the-lid-on-fusion-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/lifting-the-lid-on-fusion-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fusion Forecast: Lifting the Lid on Future FEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

While we\u2019ve been known to show glimmers of upcoming technology in the Fusion 360 Roadmap<\/a>, we\u2019re more-often-than-not hesitant to speak in any detail about functionality still in development. The hesitation stems from fear of\u00a0disappointing you, our users and community, by missing deadlines or over-promising capabilities. Then in May, something changed….one of our biggest fans (and a user),\u00a0our\u00a0chief, Carl Bass, gave us the green light to be even more<\/em> transparent than we already are. What followed were two “Fusion Forecast” articles by Bryce in May and June; first about\u00a0WIP2.0<\/a>, and\u00a0then the related\u00a0Branch & Merge<\/a> abilities. Now it’s July, and I’m here to lift\u00a0the lid on the future of simulation in Fusion 360.<\/p>\n

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If you read the roadmap check-in back in May, there’s a good chance the work being done on the Simulation front was overshadowed…after all, it only had 3 boxes vs the multitude in the CAM and\u00a0drawing categories:<\/p>\n

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However, hidden\u00a0within those three\u00a0modest\u00a0boxes were some very high<\/strong> level<\/strong>\u00a0simulation capabilities, and something\u00a0I consider to be a game changer. Let’s start by discussing what’s\u00a0coming in H2, “Nastran + Explicit Solvers”…which means…ummm…what, exactly? Okay, so the name might not clarify things, but what it\u00a0means is that come November, Fusion 360 subscribers will have the option to use:<\/p>\n

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This enables Fusion 360 users the chance to solve for far more failure criterion, use new and refined\u00a0controls in the setup, and generally, learn more about their designs performance. But to be\u00a0honest, do I have the time to run\u00a0these types of simulations? \u00a0The complexities behind\u00a0solving\u00a0explicit\u00a0&\u00a0nonlinear problems can take an enormous amount of time and computer resources, both things I don’t have a surplus of –and I doubt you do either! \u00a0Enter the game changer<\/em>: cloud solve.<\/p>\n

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New solve dialogue.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cloud solve, which is nearing release,\u00a0will substantially<\/strong> change your simulation experience, but how? Will it free you from staring at a computer rendered useless from the mind-boggling number crunching going on when solving problems? Yes<\/strong>. Will it enable you to skip the hours\u00a0spent refining and balancing the mesh to achieve results just\u00a0good enough<\/em>? Yes<\/strong>. Will it enable you to\u00a0learn more about the performance of your designs, by setting up multiple load cases and scenarios? Yes, yes, and yes<\/strong>. So make that mesh as fine as you can get it,\u00a0create\u00a0multiple scenarios\u00a0at once, and stop staring at a computer that can’t do anything but mathematics we’ve long since forgotten. Now marvel (with me) at the game changing technology\u00a0that is cloud solve:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/youtu.be\/0PRha_0hqXE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You may\u00a0have<\/em>\u00a0seen that you still have an option to solve locally -as\u00a0you should for simple problems!- but as Fusion 360’s capabilities continue to grow, we’ll try our best to leverage the cloud to enhance your experience\u00a0whenever, \u00a0and wherever possible.\u00a0The abilities I’ve discussed here\u00a0will be released once\u00a0we’re confident the quality levels\u00a0exceed expectations. On that note, I’ll commit\u00a0to making\u00a0another Fusion Forecast on simulation very<\/em> soon…I literally found out today<\/strong> that a new development build will be in our hands\u00a0at the end of this week.<\/p>\n

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With that said, I want to thank the development team for the speed and frequency in which these updates are coming. It’s no small feat what they’ve been able to accomplish in the\u00a0last year, and I can’t wait to see when they add fatigue studies, transient thermal studies, random vibration, and while we’re at it, what about that CFD I’ve been asking for?!\u00a0I can’t wait to know my cars new drag coefficient (after the e-brake\u00a0<\/em>incident<\/i>), and have a new\u00a0PC\u00a0build I need\u00a0to keep cool. And just\u00a0like there’s no shortage of simulations to be run, we know\u00a0there’s always more we can be doing to improve your\u00a0experience, so let us know how we can help by submitting ideas to IdeaStation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, you can all go back to playing Pokemon Go now.\u00a0\"Poke_Ball\"<\/p>\n

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~Aaron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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