When I create thin bodies in Autodesk Inventor Simulation 2014, it changes the material to "Generic", if I have more than one material and I convert all of them to thin bodies, Inventor will change the properties of all of them to "Generic". The tricky part is that if I go to Assign materials it shows the original parts with the original name, i.e. original part was QT-100, then I convert it to a thin body, if I go to Assign materials and look for that especific part it tells me it is QT-100 but if I pick the part within the assembly enviroment the material browser tells me it is Generic, and behaves like generic when running the simulation.
Any ideas as for why this is happening?
Thank you,
J. Alfonzo
Can you either post the offending part or e-mail it to me to test.
blair dot stunder at arcticmfg dot com
Hello Blair,
I am up to date with the service packs.
Attached there is a sample assembly which consists in two parts, a square tubing 3" x 3" and a flat bar. Square tubing is supposed to be 50W grade C, when you go to Stress Analysis enviroment and convert it into a thin body and then you click on it, at the material box it will recognize it as "Generic". I am not sure if this behaviour is normal when running an analysis mixing solid parts and thin bodies.
Thank you.
J. Alfonzo
Sure, you are right. Please see attached parts.
Sure, you are right. Please see attached parts.
Over ride should show AS DEFINED shouldn't it? I also have that warning for Generic but not for rubber material. Even with that warning in there if I am not using Generic for any of my parts, it shouldn't affect the simulation right?
J. Alfonzo