Wind and snow loads on a structure

[Anonymous]

I was wondering if I could somehow use Inventor 2011 Pro to produce the wind and snow load on a structures roof?  If so How would I go about doing this. My boss wants me to find the loads, I am not a PE but I am a softmore working my way through engineering school.

Thanks for your help

Mat

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! You can convert wind load and snow load to pressure. Inventor allows you to specify the pressure on faces. In terms of the load equations, you can do a search on web. There are plenty of pages dedicated to this topic.

Thanks!