piping analysis via Inventor

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I did a pipe routing in AutoCAD Plant 3D and want to do stress and thermal analysis via Inventor. Would you please help me how can I import the piping system to the Inventor in a way that I would be able to mesh it and apply stress and thermal analysis?

I know that I can use the import option when I want to open the DWG file, however, I don't know which conditions will lead to having a suitable format to be used in Inventor.

Thanks.

[admaiora]

You can't do  athermal analysil in Inventor.

You can do it with Nastran In Cad

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Matteo is right. Inventor Pro does not have a solution to do that by itself. You need Inventor NASTRAN (as part of Product Design and Manufacturing Collection).

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

Thank you @johnsonshiue  and @admaiora ,

I do use Inventor Nastran which is a plug-in in Inventor Pro. My problem is how can I import piping system in a way that I could have a pipe instead of a solid part which is not hollow?

Now, I edit the piping system and make a shell with the amount of a pipe wall thickness and then mesh it and solve it. Is it a correct approach?

I'm wondering is there any way to import an exact piping lay out as what I have in Plant 3D?

Thank you.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! I am sorry I am confused. How did you get the pipes? Did you use Inventor Tube&Pipe environment to create it? Or, you got it from other sources?

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

Sorry @johnsonshiue ,

I thought you have read my first question.

I generate piping routing by Plant 3D and import it to Inventor to be able to use Inventor Nastran for stress analysis.

The imported piping lay out is a solid instead of pipe (i mean it is not hollow). I have to edit any single part and generate a shell resembling a pipe.

I'm wondering is there any way to have a real pipe when I'm importing the pipe from Plant 3D?

(PS: I do use exporttocad command)