I am trying to find a way to draw a pretensioned strap to secure 4 parts together in inventor. I am sizing a flat steel strap that has a breaking strength of approximately 1000 lbs. I need to draw the strap around 4 items, place a pretension on the strap (less than 1000 pounds) and then determine the forces created on the parts being held together by the band. Is this even possible in inventor?
Another way to think of what I am trying to simulate: Think of a box resting on a wooden shipping pallet. Now imagine a flexible strap wrapped around the pallet and box to hold the two together.
Thanks in advance!
Hi Cbjc1206,
I would probably layout a quick and dirty hand calculation something like this to emulate the clamp area of the strap (a tube strapped to a pallet) as I don’t know the size and shape of your parts.
Pallet = (say) 1000 x 1000
Tube = (say) 575 Dia
Strap force = 1000lbs = (say) 500kg
Hope this is of some help
Cheers
Mark
Inventor 2013