Seeking Animation Software

[Anonymous]

I'me currently trying to find out if there is anything on the market that can take IV models and animate an assembly showing the issues of, for the lack of a better term, "crash testing"?

We have an assembly that our owner and COO would like to animate showing the parts as they get "hit" by an object and are put under pressure (bending from the impact) to the point of "snapping" off. The parts in question would have to "morph" to their respective under pressure shapes.

Personally I can't think of anythink feasible that can do this...is there? And then at what cost? Wouldn't we also have to have a stress type software like ANSYS to be able to determine the "breaking point"?

Thanks,
Jim

[Anonymous]

JimO, At the link listed I think you can still download Simply Motion to try after registering (for a short time). http://www.mscsoftware.com/products/products_detail.cfm?S=74&PI=418&M=0 Mike

[Anonymous]

MDB,
After a quick read on that link, the software isn't able to make our parts "bend" under the load...in essence "morphing" the part from it's built shape to a "bent" shape when the "crash" happens. That's what they really want to see. I just don't think that's possible to find under the cost restraints I may have to deal with. But thanks for the link anyways.

[Anonymous]

What you want would require an FEA as well as Animation. You can have one or the
other. I would suggest an FEA, though, because you really want to know when a
part will break.

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Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer

[Anonymous]

MSC does have deformation products

http://www.mscsoftware.com/Products/Products_Detail.cfm?PI=249&M=4

but they are not going to be cheap. Give them a ring and describe your
application.



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http://www.sdotson.com
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"JimO" wrote in message
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> MDB,
> After a quick read on that link, the software isn't able to make our parts
"bend" under the load...in essence "morphing" the part from it's built shape
to a "bent" shape when the "crash" happens. That's what they really want to
see. I just don't think that's possible to find under the cost restraints I
may have to deal with. But thanks for the link anyways.

[Anonymous]

Reactor, which is part of 3ds max 5, has the capability to
simiulate real world conditions.

href="http://www.discreet.com/products/3dsmax/">http://www.discreet.com/products/3dsmax/

Mike

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MDB,

After a quick read on that link, the software isn't able to make our parts
"bend" under the load...in essence "morphing" the part from it's built shape
to a "bent" shape when the "crash" happens. That's what they really want to
see. I just don't think that's possible to find under the cost restraints I
may have to deal with. But thanks for the link
anyways.

[Anonymous]

You might try ALGOR, an FEA package

Bill

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I'me
currently trying to find out if there is anything on the market that can take
IV models and animate an assembly showing the issues of, for the lack of a
better term, "crash testing"?

We have an assembly that our owner and COO would like to animate showing
the parts as they get "hit" by an object and are put under pressure (bending
from the impact) to the point of "snapping" off. The parts in question would
have to "morph" to their respective under pressure shapes.

Personally I can't think of anythink feasible that can do this...is there?
And then at what cost? Wouldn't we also have to have a stress type software
like ANSYS to be able to determine the "breaking point"?

Thanks,
Jim