{"id":363,"date":"2015-02-24T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/simulation-for-fusion-360\/"},"modified":"2016-03-17T18:17:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:17:26","slug":"simulation-for-fusion-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/simulation-for-fusion-360\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulation for Fusion 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all want to make the world a better place and I believe technology can help us to do just that. As Engineers and Designers, you have a unique opportunity to drive this effort \u00a0by creating better designs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While this is easy to say, the question becomes, but how do I create better designs?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally we relied on senior Engineers to provide new and improved \u00a0solutions. It required years of experience to suggest components that would be more functional and at the same time lighter and cheaper.\u00a0Simulation technology is changing this! Over the\u00a0past few years, Autodesk has invested a lot to acquire and build simulation tools that are highly accurate, fast and powerful.\u00a0 With Simulation for Fusion you will be able to better understand how functional a design is and ways in which to improve it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We spoke to a number of Mechanical and Structural Engineers, Industrial, Product and CAD Designers, as well as Makers. These individuals are responsible for designing a number of things including aircrafts, ships, cars, home appliances, children\u2019s toys and much much more. During these conversations, there was a common theme across all these various groups, that include the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will it break?<\/li>\n<li>Will it overheat?<\/li>\n<li>How it will change a shape when loaded?<\/li>\n<li>Can I make it smaller and cheaper?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simulation for Fusion is going to help you answer these questions and make better decisions throughout \u00a0the design process. These new simulation tools will \u00a0allow you to select the right materials and create designs that are visually appealing and at the same time extremely functional.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our first version is coming in late spring and brings Linear Static Stress for parts. We will follow with Modal and Assembly analysis (including automatic contacts) in the summer timeframe. Drop Test and Thermal will soon follow. \u00a0As always, the Fusion team values your feedback and your suggestions. We want these tools to be driven directly by your needs, not by our assumptions of what your needs may be, so please let us know what you think.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let me also quickly show you how the new Simulation for Fusion works. The workflow is really easy: You just define materials (if not already defined during design process), add constraints (how your part is fixed), add loads (forces and moments that act on your part) and click to Solve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sim1.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/155524i65F1CEF2F7095E50\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Sim1.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a result you can see multiple visualizations of how your part is deformed, what stress is the load causing, and what is your Safety Factor (that indicates under-designed areas where you need to add materials and over-designed areas where you can remove materials to make your design lighter).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sim2.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/155525iFA43672F0408C003\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Sim2.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of solving the handle of a knife. It is easy to define boundary conditions and click to Solve. The results plot shows the stress in the model. Identification of critical areas is possible thanks to the powerful legend control.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sim3.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/155526iC0E10C2AF647C988\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Sim3.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see it is really simple, but the same time very powerful tool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a closing note, please let me follow on a previous post\u00a0from <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/design-differently\/how-and-why-we-re-building-fusion\/ba-p\/5496355\" target=\"_blank\">Carl<\/a>\u00a0\u201cusing Simulation for Fusion in a continuous fashion helps build intuition and expertise&#8221;. This \u00a0statement really resonates with me. It\u2019s so easy to create over-designed things. Most of us want be on a safe side when creating new or modified designs. Adding materials here and there creates a feeling of making a better design. But IMHO it is not true \u2013 wasting material and creating heavy designs is not a good solution. Without simulation tools it takes years of painful mistakes and physical prototypes to learn what are the right size component \u00a0for a given function. \u00a0And it costs a lot. With Simulation for Fusion mistakes are free, without serious consequences. We can learn with quick iterations and use visual feedback to modify designs \u00a0to be more functional. These virtual experiments can be fun and exciting, bring interesting synergy while we all work to create better designs and become better designers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vaclav Prchlik and Fusion Simulation Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"original-sim.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/157002i88F91E0C8505A45F\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"original-sim.png\" \/><\/P><P><SPAN>We&#8217;ve been working hard to bring simulation to Fusion 360. 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