Stress Analysis Missing/Help

[dniemiecki]

Hi I am having trouble trying to use the Stress Analysis function in Inventor 2013, I have the AutoDesk Buildng Design Suite Ultimate 2013 and when I startup Inventor 2013 the stress analysis is there for a brief second during startup, and then it is nowhere to be found under the environments tab. Also it is not located in the Add-Ins tab. I have also searched on these forums but have had no luck wth the available solutions. Any assisstance would be greatly appreciated as I have reinstalled this product multple times with no luck.

[JDMather]

When you start the program does the splash screen indicate that you are running Inventor Professional?

After starting the program does the big I icon in upper left corner say PRO?

If you go to Help>About Autodesk Inventor (Pro) does it say "Pro"?

I don't see Inventor Professional in this list

http://images.autodesk.com/apac_anz/files/autodesk_building_design_suite_whats_new_letter_en.pdf

[dniemiecki]

Hi, 

I cannot see 'Pro' written anywhere, I'm guessing this is just the standard Inventor 2013 program however I believe it should still have the stress analysis function as it is there briefly during startup before I completely dissappears.

[JDMather]

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@dniemiecki wrote:

.... it is there briefly during startup before I completely dissappears.

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I do not know what this means?

[blair]

Good chance that Inventor is really packaged in one form and your Product Key unlocks or locks certain aspects of the program.

[dniemiecki]

As in when the program is loading up all the settings, I can see the icon to run a stress analysis but once the program fully loads it is not there anymore.. 

[blair]

Yup

[JDMather]

Ah, so a (fleeting) pretty picture led you to believe that you would have that functionality.

I think you will need pro.

You can do some simple analysis without Pro in the Frame Generator > Beam/Column and Plate calculators.

https://events.au.autodesk.com/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=6583

[dniemiecki]

do you know where the Frame Generator > Beam/Column and Plate calculators are located?

[JDMather]

You must be in an assembly (*.iam).

Click on the Design tab.