The solution of a scientific task with Inventor

[Anonymous]

Good day!

I am faced with the scientific task of building 3D mechanical rock model with dimensions 30x30x60 mm which consists of grains with different minerals and grain's geometry close to the real like in nature and dimensions about 10-1000 nm. After building the model I need to fill grains with their mechanical properties and boundary conditions and study propagation of mechanical fractures in the model in tests with different types of loading.

My questions are the next:

1.Does Inventor allow to build a 3D mechanical model with 1-100 millions cells?

2. Does Inventor allow to assign mechanical properties and boundary conditions to each cell?

2.1. If the answer "yes" in the question 2, what mechanical properties and boundary conditions are needed for Inventor to initialize a model?

3. Does Inventor can build a mesh for such model?

Thank you for the prompt answer.

[mcgyvr]

That does not sound like something that Inventor would be used to model.

Its targeted towards mechanical design and is not intended for scientific modeling/studies..

I suspect there is better software for that.. What I do not know though.. 

Good luck..

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Victor,

Brian is right. It sounds like you need mesh modeling. Inventor has fairly limited ability to work with mesh. You may want to find some good mesh modeling packages like Autodesk MeshMixer. In general, Inventor is very capable of creating geometry meant to be made or manufactured. Geometry for purposes other than those usually would have difficult time in Inventor.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

Brian,

Thank you for the help.

[Anonymous]

Shiue,

Thank you for the help!