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Fusion 360 Simulate with Shell Elements

mstrauch4U8VY — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:53:13 GMT

I am trying to perform a structural analysis in Fusion 360 on a large honeycomb shape and would like to mesh each cell wall as a shell element as it is extremely thin in one dimension. I think I can mesh shell elements in the design phase, but I believe I have to generate a new mesh in the simulate phase and I cannot see where to create a shell element (or something similar). See attached file as a small subset of this honeycomb structure. Note that the full structure has more than 10k cells.

Re: Fusion 360 Simulate with Shell Elements

TrippyLighting — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:04:58 GMT

I am tagging @John_Holtz , but I believe this is not the type of analysis you can or should do in Fusion 360.

Re: Fusion 360 Simulate with Shell Elements

John_Holtz — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:05:00 GMT

Hi @mstrauch4U8VY . TrippyLighting is correct. Fusion can only generate solid elements in the simulation.

I suggest that you use Inventor Nastran for an analysis with shell (and composites if appropriate).

John