Physical Simulations

[Anonymous]

I think that Fusion360 lacks physical simulation feature.

I'd like to apply some forces: gravity, wind, motors, etc.

I don't know how Autodesk Simulation works, probably is a very complex tool not aligned with Fusion360 philosophy.

Probably porting a light version of AS inside Fusion360 would be a nice idea.

regards

[roambotics_scott]

(I think) Autodesk Simulation is more targeted to things like fluid dynamics and finite element modeling. What you want (and I'd love to see as well) is a simple (though numerically stable) rigid body dynamics simulation.

It'd be great to do things like computing power transfer in transmissions and other mechanisms, and really amazing for mechatronics design.

Closely related but I'd love it if this not only existed but included an «export simulation» capability where a simulation created in it could be incorporated in an external application either via scripting or by linking it in. That'd make it easy to have an external controller and (best for me) to have a physical simulation that we could embed in an SDK.

[charegb]

Hello Gabriele,

We are working on Sim for Fusion. Please check out this blog post to see whats being built right now. We plan to do some usability sessions with users to collect feedback and we'd love to talk to you.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-differently/simulation-for-fusion-360/ba-p/5516863

Thanks,

Bankim

[Anonymous]

Thank you!

I didn't know.

regards

[roambotics_scott]

Sim is cool and useful but it's very different to do thermal, finite elements, normal modes, and CFD than to do mechanical / rigid body dynamics.

[roberto]

I'd like to see a simple gravity with collision detection physics option.
So that I can 3D model a chain, and then apply physics and collision detection and have it fall naturally.

This way I can simulate how long a chain would need to be for a specific design.
Plus I could use this to position objects quickly.

[Anonymous]

Yes, what's the gravity&collision physics thing going like?

[charegb]

Mechanical simulation with Linear Static Stress and Modal was added in the Sept update. We added support for Gravity and point mass in the Nov update. The over the next year will add support for thermal and various optimizations.

I'm marking this implemented. The other ideas in the comments need to be submited independently so that people can vote on them individually..

Thanks,

Bankim

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the work. I have been out of touch from Autodesk though. I'd like to switch to Fusion360, is there any overview of those new features?