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Calculating Stress on 3D
Parts
Autodesk
®
Mechanical Desktop
®
6 Power Pack includes
a feature called 3D finite element analysis (FEA). FEA is
used to calculate deformation and stress conditions on
3D parts. The 3D FEA calculations feature is a reliable
tool that helps you meet the demands of todays
sophisticated mechanical engineering.
In this tutorial, you calculate stress on a 3D part using
3D FEA. You create the mesh required to display the
results of the calculations, and then you define the loads
and make the calculations. When you finish, the
calculations are displayed in tables.
Run Mechanical Desktop with the power pack to
perform this tutorial.
New in this tutorial
Using 3D FEA calculations
Defining loads
Calculating and displaying the
result