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documentation and tutorials, and complete the exercises in the Autodesk
Inventor Simulation Getting Started manual.
At a minimum, we recommend that you understand how to:
■ Use the assembly, part modeling, and sketch environments and browsers.
■ Edit a component in place.
■ Create, constrain, and manipulate work points and work features.
■ Set color styles.
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knowledge of concepts for stressing and analyzing mechanical assembly
designs.
Using Help
As you work, you may need additional information about the task you are
performing. The Help system provides detailed concepts, procedures, and
reference information about every feature in the Autodesk Inventor Simulation
Simulation modules as well as the standard Autodesk Inventor Simulation
features.
To access the Help system, use one of the following methods:
■ Click Help ➤ Help Topics, and then use the Table of Contents to navigate
to Stress Analysis topics.
■ Press F1 for Help with the active operation.
■ In any dialog box, click the ? icon.
■ In the graphics window, right-click, and then click How To. The How To
topic for the current tool is displayed.
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