Measure an angle when the Inventor file is in FEA mode?

[william.clary]

I am trying to find the angle in this slot on a clamp.  I have run the FEA to determine the amount the clamp with move when the bolt is torqued.

How can I measure this angle?

Any help with this would be great.

Regards,

William 

[JDMather]

I do not know of a way to measure angle directly - but you can get the displacement and then create sketch and measure yourself.

Remember that this is "ballpark" information, not precision machining.

Attach your file here if you can't figure it out.

[william.clary]

Hello JD, thank-you for your response.  I am trying to measure the angle of the slot inside the red ellipse on the screen shot.  This is a bicycle brake that is clamped to a round member (handle bars).   When the clamp is in the relaxed position, the inside faces of the slot are parallel.  When the bolt is tightened, the clamp closes around the bar and the slot becomes smaller.  As it closes, the angle between the faces of the slot change.  The new angle is what am trying to measure.     The FEA indicates stress in the clamping bolt.  I am trying to remove the stress in the bolt.

I will try to load the file for you.

Regards,

William 

[william.clary]

how do you get the displacement in an FEA simulation?

thanking you in advance.

WC

[william.clary]

Hello JD, file upload in zip format failed due to a maximum file size of 5,242,880 bytes.

Do you have an email address I can send this  file too?

Any help with this would be great.

Regards,

William

[JDMather]

Find the red End of Part marker in the browser.
(End of Folded on sheet metal parts EOF)
Drag the red EOP to the top of the browser hiding all features.

Save the part file with the EOP in a rolled up state.

Right click on the file name and select Send to Compressed (zipped) Folder.

Attach the resulting *.zip file here.

(don't need the analysis data files - Inventor will rebuild those)

[william.clary]

Hello JD, this is an assembly of several parts, there is not EOP on the assembly tree.

Any suggestions?

Regards,

William

[william.clary]

the brake lever part with EOP rolled up and zipped.

this is component is part of a larger assembly thought.

how will this help?

Regards,

William