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Tutorial: How to make energy chain and animate that by parameter
barta
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Design & CAD
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Tutorial: How to analyze a thermal load in Catia V5 FEM Analysis
Kai
in
Design & CAD
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2
Beginner
Download the files: Tutorial_FEM_piston.CATPart temperature.xlsx
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Tutorial: How to analyze a distributed force in Catia V5 FEM Analysis
Kai
in
Design & CAD
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1
Beginner
Download the file: Tutorial_FEM_plate.CATPart
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'Tutorial: How to create adaptive springs in Autodesk Inventor'
William
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Design & CAD
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Beginner
http://grabcad.com/library/autodesk-inventor-adaptive-spring-tutorial-1
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Tutorial: How to get a helix on a spline/curve/polyline in Catia V5
Kai
in
Design & CAD
16
2
Beginner
The Helix curve function in Catia V5 only allows a helix on an axis or a line. But there is a trick to create a helix on a spline/curve or polyline.
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Tutorial: How to save time with Bolts, nuts, washers in Auto desk Inventor.
William
in
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2
Beginner
Answer
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Tutorial: How to pattern along a geometry line in Autodesk Inventor'
William
in
Design & CAD
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Beginner
Answer
Autodesk Inventor
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Tutorial - How to create a static stress analysis simulation in Solidworks?
Tom Martin
in
Design & CAD
8
0
Beginner
In this tutorial I will show the basic steps to create a static stress analysis model in Solidworks. This model is from the GE jet engine bracket challenge. The goal is to find the least amount of material volume and stress based on the parameter given.
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Tutorial: Convert .stl Mesh to Solid File in Autodesk Inventor
Ioannis Skarlatakis
in
Design & CAD
8
9
Beginner
I found today a post from a friend (Nuno) asking how to solve this issue, converting an .stl to solid .ipt. Then I remembered that I found something in the past regarding this conversion... Yeap! it was in Autodesk Labs So let me explain with couple of easy steps how this works...
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Tutorial - Tip - insert a reference image into a sketch in SolidWorks
Stephen Nyberg
in
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9
0
Beginner
I will show you how to insert a reference image into a sketch. You can do this in more then one sketch for a project and on more then one plane. When the image is no longer needed, just change the visibility of the sketch the image is in For this tutorial, I will be using an image of a vase to reference in creating a model of a similar vase.
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'Tutorial: How to insert images in Autodesk Inventor'
William
in
Design & CAD
7
1
Beginner
Answer as a tutorial
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Tutorial: How to perform a transient thermal analysis in SolidWorks
David Lane
in
Design & CAD
7
1
Beginner
This is a tutorial for the 'Software Tricks of the Trade' Challenge found here http://grabcad.com/challenges/software-tricks-of-the-trade Note: This is CPU intensive. You can view the tutorial files on GrabCad here: http://grabcad.com/library/tutorial-how-to-perform-a-transient-thermal-analysis-in-solidworks-1 The ZIP files contains the parts and assembly that I used to create this tutorial as well as some addition images that may help you find commands within SolidWorks. It also has the analysis saved. You can download it from the project link or you can additionally download the attached ZIP file, directly from here. A thermal analysis can be used to study the effects that temperature has on components or assemblies. Using a transient analysis can show you how the temperature varies with time. This tutorial will help you understand the basics of performing a transient thermal analysis in SolidWorks. Knowledge of heat transfer is preferable when doing a study like this.
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Tutorial: How to simulate falling things in Autodesk Inventor
Bar Danino
in
Design & CAD
6
1
Beginner
Just to clarify, steps 3,4,5 can be done in any order.
Autodesk Inventor
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Tutorial: How to quickly add motion dynamics to any CAD model in SpaceClaim
Oskar Q
in
Design & CAD
6
0
Beginner
Tutorial below
SpaceClaim
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How to use Add Walk-Through command in SolidWorks ?
Surajmal
in
Design & CAD
5
0
Beginner
Walk is like 3D game. It very interesting. Model is here http://grabcad.com/library/walk-through-maze-1
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