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Creating New Analysis Files
To create an .ipa file, click the Stress Analysis Update button on the standard
toolbar and save it. Inventor attempts to create an .ipa file in the default
location using the default name.
If a file exists using this name and location, Inventor checks the .ipa file to
see if it points to the active .ipt file. If it does, the new .ipa file replaces the old
one.
When you create a file, the new .ipa file has boundary conditions that match
the conditions stored in the .ipt file.
Exporting Analysis Files
To run a more complex analysis on your part than Autodesk Inventor
Simulation Stress Analysis can handle, export your current analysis information
to a file that ANSYS WorkBench can import.
Export your information to ANSYS WorkBench
1 After you set up and run an analysis, on the Stress Analysis panel bar,
click Export to ANSYS.
2 Browse to the location where you store your project files.
3 Click Save.
The file is saved using the same name as your part file, with the extension
.dsdb.
You can now import your part and its analysis file into ANSYS WorkBench to
perform more complex analyses.
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