Force button grayed out in dynamic simulation ?

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone !

I was trying to see if my spring would react as expected if I were to pull that other part, and I figured out that adding a force to said part was the thing to do. So I went to "dynamic simulation" but the "force" button is grayed out. Can someone help me with this ? Sorry if this is kind of a dumb question, I'm a bit new to Inventor.

Thanks in advance !

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

You will have to stop your Simulation Player and go to Construction Mode.

Attach your assembly here.

[Anonymous]

Thanks ! This is exactly what I needed !

[Anonymous]

One more question :

Now that I've got that "force" window, how do I exactly place that force somewhere ? Clicking on faces, edges or vertices doesn't seem to do anything.

[JDMather]

Attach your assembly here and end all doubt.

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much ! It worked great !