Autodesk Inventor

[#1]

Hi there,

I've searched through the forum a bit and it seemes that I have this common issue with having no stress analyzis (replaced with optimization) in Inventor 2013 (Product design suite premium 2013).

So my question is - is it possible to purchase an add-on or module for static stress analyzis?

The thing is that all mold-flow-dynamic-optimization whatever are totally useless for me. What I need is simple static stress analyzis with few constraints and one load.

If yes - could you please give me the link or a contact person and a price.

If not - what's are the options, given that I already have product design suite premium.

Or, maybe I'm missing something and I have this stress analyzis button hidden somewhere?

Thanks in advance!

[#2]

FEA within Inventor is only in the Professional version. You would need to contact your reseller VAR about the upgrade. Look to un-install your existing version and install the new "Pro" version. It would use different Key and Serial Numbers.

http://usa.autodesk.com/autodesk-inventor/compare/

Check under your Environments Tab, if you have the Product Design Suite, you should have FEA, as the Design Suite ships with Inventor Professional.

[#3]

There's an asterix in the table which means "*Features presented are for Product Design Suite Ultimate edition" - I have Premium version, which has just everything except one obviuos and necessary thing.

And of course it's a bit frustrating, that you have to purchase thousand unnecessary features just to get one that you really need -it would be much better to have options and to be able to pay less and to get less features, but to be able to choose features you really need. I guess that's what marketing is about.

Anyway, thanks for the answer.

[#4]

You could just buy the Professional version without all the other stuff