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Manage Stress Analysis
Files
Running a stress analysis in Autodesk
®
Inventor
™
Simulation creates a separate file that
contains the stress analysis information. In addition, the part file is modified to indicate the
presence of a stress file and the name of the file.
This chapter explains how the files are interdependent, and what to do if the files become
separated.
Creating and Using Analysis Files
You can run a stress analysis by creating a part in Autodesk Inventor Simulation,
and then setting up your stress analysis conditions. You can also load a part
that you previously created, on which you have not yet run a stress analysis,
and set up your analysis conditions. Once you set up a stress analysis for a part,
when you save the part you also save the stress analysis information for that
part.
Start a new analysis
1 Load an existing part or create a part in the part or sheet metal
environments.
2 Enter the stress analysis environment by clicking Applications ➤ Stress
Analysis.
3 Set up your analysis conditions.
After you set up any stress analysis information, saving your part also saves the
associated stress analysis information in the part file. Stress analysis input and
results information, including loads, constraints, and all results, is also saved
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