Help define the future of Fusion Simulation!

[MikeSmell_ADSK]

Hi there Fusion users,

If you haven’t heard yet, we are taking Fusion Simulation to the next level. In the coming months, we will be adding cloud solve capabilities, additional analysis types, and the Autodesk Nastran solver. Check out this great article to learn more.

As we continue to define our future in this area, we are looking to engage with the community to learn more about your product testing needs and how we can make Fusion Simulation even better. This engagement will consist of a 30 to 40 minute interview with members of our User Research and Product Management teams.

If you are interested in participating this project, please sign up here! 

Thanks!

Mike Smell, Simulation Product Manager, Autodesk, Inc.

[Anonymous]

additional analysis types-- does this mean you can use it to make mechanical engineering calculations

thanks mike c ps new to cad/cam i built my own machine would love to run it on fusion360

[MikeSmell_ADSK]

Yes, Fusion 360 does have simulation tools included to help perform mechanical engineering calculations. Check out all that Fusion 360 has to offer: http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/features.

[Anonymous]

I would like to be able to perform generative design simulations, something like WITHIN inside Fusion. I see it as an option for AI implementation in the field of design of structures and bodies.
If the simulation gives as the ability to test the products of our imagination. Next iteration will be "simulation" that gives as the ability to extend our imagination.
Sounds a bit futuristic, but in some sence it is already happening 🙂

[mvillarrealZFBZF]

Will the Nastran Solver in Fusion be able to handle ply data for composites? If not I would really like to see this!

 

[Anonymous]

..and composite matrix variations too!

[Anonymous]

Topo-Optimization & Generative design

[MikeSmell_ADSK]

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for the feedback thus far. I have good news... many of the topics that have been requested are things we are currently investigating and working on. I hope that you all have had the chance to sign up for our User Research project, as it would be great learn more about how each of you intend to use the features and functions you have requested. 

Thanks, 

Mike

[bryan_mcnatt]

I love the direction Fusion 360 is heading with simulation!  One of the things I like most about Fusion 360 is the collaboration and sharing that is integral throughout and sits on top of a great CAD program.  We really need Fusion 360 to take Simulation Results Sharing to the next level as well.  It seems that it's headed there but not there yet.

I need to be able to share simulation results models - not just screenshots or textual/html reports - with both engineers and non-engineers.  It would be great if a collaborator could view stress results on a 3D model - rotate it, zoom it, show/hide mesh, probe nodal values, change/adjust legend range, etc.  Might be nice to be able to cut sections too.

The current process of screenshot images pasted into manually generated reports is so 20th Century it's embarrassing.  The few options available to us analysts for sharing 3D simulation results and animations are just not sufficient.

[Anonymous]

A link to the user research project would help here. Thanks

[MikeSmell_ADSK]

Here you go. It is does not standout very well in the original post. 

If you are interested in participating this project, please sign up here!  

-Mike

[Anonymous]

Hi Mike,

I think it could be very useful adding reinforced plastic materials to the materials database, what do you think about that?

[MikeSmell_ADSK]

Hi Rocco, 

Thanks for this feedback. When you say "reinforced plastics," can I assume you mean fiber reinforced plastics? 

Thanks, 

Mike

[Anonymous]

Hi Mike, Yes, I'm referring to this, and it would be great the ability do add custom materials, too!

Thanks

Alberto

[Anonymous]

Sorry for double posting, but I can't understand how to modifying the existing one.
Another useful thing to add would be the fatigue analysis, but maybe you're already thinking about that .

Thank you for your work, that helps our job!

[MikeSmell_ADSK]

Hi Rocco, 

Thanks for the feedback. Let me put together a short video on creating a custom material and post that here for you. 

Also, if you have not yet signed up to participate in our User Research project, I would encourage you to do so. The link to sign up is in the top of the thread. 

Thanks,

Mike

[Anonymous]

I'd really like to see some kind of fluid simulation.  specifically hydrologic and low reynolds number flow simulation.  It is a tough nut to crack so I'm not expecting anything huge, but a best guess analysis is better than a paper napkin taped to the window of a car.