Inventor Nastran_ Nov 2024

The Autodesk® Inventor® NASTRAN training provides you with an understanding of how to work in the Autodesk Inventor Nastran environment to setup and conduct FEA analyses on part and assembly models.

Topics Covered:

– Activate and navigate the Autodesk Inventor Nastran environment to conduct FEA analyses.
– Create, edit, and assign idealizations and materials (linear, nonlinear, and composites).
– Manage the creation, setup, and modification of analyses and subcases that are used to analyse both static and dynamic models. Specific analyses types that are covered in this learning guide include: Linear Static, Nonlinear Static, Nonlinear Transient Response, Normal – Modes, Direct Frequency Response, Modal Frequency Response, Direct Transient Response, Modal Transient Response, Random Response and Shock/Response Spectrum.
– Create constraints with the required degrees of freedom and assign them to entities.
– Create loads that accurately represent the magnitude and location of the loads the model will experience in the working environment.
– Create Connector elements to simulate how a physical connector such as a rod, cable, spring, rigid body, or bolt will affect the model.
– Create Surface Contact elements to define contact between interacting components.
– Assign global and local mesh settings.
– Run an Autodesk Inventor Nastran analysis.
– Review and create result plots for analysing the results.

Course Prerequisites:

– Access to the 2024 or 2025 version of the software
– For in-class training we can provide hardware & software
– This learning guide assumes that you have Finite Element Analysis (FEA) knowledge, can interpret results, and in general, know how a model should be setup for an analysis.