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Message 1 of 11
WillG
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FEA 3D

Can someone please help me. I have always worked with mechanical desktop 2004, and I have used AMFEA3D command in it. Now I am starting to use Mechanical 2007 and I can only find that tool for 2D. Is that right? Or have I missed something? Also, what shall I do if I want to do FEA in 3D?
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Message 2 of 11
lsaapedd
in reply to: WillG

Can someone please help me. I have always worked with mechanical desktop 2004, and I have used AMFEA3D command in it. Now I am starting to use Mechanical 2007 and I can only find that tool for 2D. Is that right? Or have I missed something? Also, what shall I do if I want to do FEA in 3D?

Buy Inventor. That is the only way to get Mechanical Desktop now. AutoCAdD Mechanical is 2D only.
Message 3 of 11
JDMather
in reply to: WillG

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Message 4 of 11
WillG
in reply to: WillG

Thanks for your help guys. I will start putting my efforts into that.
Message 5 of 11
WillG
in reply to: WillG

Can someone help me again please. After reading some information I got the impression that FEA is only available with Inventor Professional. Also I discovered that mechanical desktop is available with the inventor series, so does that mean that FEA 3D is available with mechanical desktop that is available in Inventor Series? Or do I have to get inventor professional with no other option to get FEA 3D.
Message 6 of 11
.Peter
in reply to: WillG

Dear WillG,

>>..After reading some information I got the impression that
>>FEA is only available with Inventor Professional.
That concerns the FEA for Inventor which is avaliable only in Inventor Professional, see Table below.

>>Also I discovered that mechanical desktop is available with
>>the inventor series, so does that mean that FEA 3D is
>>available with mechanical desktop that is available in
>>Inventor Series?
Yes
>>Or do I have to get inventor professional with no other option to get FEA 3D.
No

Inventor Series includes:
- Mechanical Desktop with 3D FEA (AMFEA3D)
- Mechanical with 2D FEA (AMFEA2D)
- Inventor without FEA

Inventor Professional includes:
- Mechanical Desktop with 3D FEA (AMFEA3D)
- Mechanical with 2D FEA (AMFEA2D)
- Inventor with 3D FEA

HTH
Regards
Peter
Message 7 of 11
WillG
in reply to: WillG

Thanks very much Peter. Very helpful.
Message 8 of 11
mcmillag
in reply to: WillG

I use Autodesk Inventor Pro & Solidworks 2007 with Cosmos Works and Floworks. Both are pretty good but If I had to pick I'd go with Cosmos Works.
Message 9 of 11
RobertBPrice
in reply to: .Peter

Peter - can I import a 3D model created in ACAD 2013 into Mechanical 2013 to do 3D FEA?

 

Thanks

 

Bob Price

Message 10 of 11
JDMather
in reply to: RobertBPrice

Reading the thread I would suspect that AutoCAD Mechanical does not do 3D FEA, you would need Inventor Professional for that functionality (or Autodesk Simulation).


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Message 11 of 11
RobertBPrice
in reply to: JDMather

I suspect you are correct JD but I watched a video by Peter that implied 3D was possible in AC Mechanical. 

 

On a related subject I just posted a question regarding the inadequacy of the materials list in AC Mechanical FEA 2D.   If you look at it you will see that the choices for aluminum alloys are byzantine. 

 

Cheers

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