Simulation Mechanical 2017 Comparison Matrix

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Autodesk® Inventor®

Professional 2017

Autodesk® Nastran®

In-CAD 2017

Autodesk® Simulation

Mechanical 2017

CAD MODEL/INTEGRATIONS

Embed into Autodesk Inventor

Embed into SolidWorks®

CAD File Translators

Associativity with Autodesk Inventor

Associativity with SolidWorks

Associativity with Pro/Engineer and Creo

Associativity with SpaceClaim

Associativity with Rinoceros

PREPROCESSING

Direct Modeling with SimStudio Tools

Defeaturing with SimStudio Tools

Parametric Design Studies for Inventor Models

Extensive Materials Library

2D, Beam and Plate Modeling

Automatic Surface Meshing

Automatic Tetrahedral Meshing

Automatic Hexa-dominant Meshing

Automatic Midplane Meshing

Pressure Vessel Design and Meshing

CONTACT MODELING

Rigid Bonding

Welded Contact

Surface Contact with Friction

Sliding Contact Without Separation

Separation Contact Without Sliding

Shrink Fit Contact (Linear, With or Without Sliding)

Thermal Contact (With or Without Resistance)

Autodesk® Simulation Mechanical 2017 vs.

Autodesk® Nastran® In-CAD 2017 and Autodesk® Inventor® Professional 2017

Comparison matrix

LEGEND: Partial Feature Full Feature

Comparison matrix Autodesk® Simulation Mechanical 2017

Autodesk® Inventor®

Professional 2017

Autodesk® Nastran®

In-CAD 2017

Autodesk® Simulation

Mechanical 2017

HEAT TRANSFER

Steady-State Heat Transfer

Transient Heat Transfer

LINEAR STRUCTURAL

Static Stress

Fatigue

Natural Frequency (Modal)

Modal with Load Stiffening

Response Spectrum

Random Vibration

Frequency Response

Transient Stress (Modal Superposition/Direct Integration)

Critical Buckling Load

Dynamic Design Analysis Method (DDAM)

NONLINEAR STRUCTURAL

Large Displacement

Nonlinear Material Models

Flexible and Rigid Body Motion

Nonlinear Buckling

Dynamic Nonlinear Analysis

Mechanical Event Simulation (MES)

MULTIPHYSICS

Thermal-structural Coupling

Fluid-thermal Coupling*

Fluid-structural Coupling

Electrostatics-Structural

Electrostatics-Thermal (Joule-Heating Effect)

Autodesk® Simulation CFD Interoperability

Autodesk® Simulation Moldflow® Interoperability

LEGEND: Partial Feature Full Feature

* Fully coupled fluid/thermal analyses can be performed by CFD alone, where temperature affects convective flow and vice versa (so iterative solving is necessary)

The Autodesk® Nastran® solver option availble for finite element analysis (FEA)

Comparison matrix Autodesk® Simulation Mechanical 2017

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Autodesk® Inventor®

Professional 2017

Autodesk® Nastran®

In-CAD 2017

Autodesk® Simulation

Mechanical 2017

POST PROCESSING

Contour Display

Vector Display

Isoline and Isosurface Display

Custom Result Types

Stress Linearization

Slice Planes

Mirror Planes

3D Model Visualization for 2D, Plate, and Beam

Customizable Presentations

Animations

Image and CSV File Export

Custom Reporting (PDF, HTML, Word)

GENERAL

Parallel Windows Solvers

Autodesk® Vault Data Management Interoperability

Autodesk® Showcase® Interoperability

Topology Optimization

Recurdyn Interoperability

LEGEND: Partial Feature Full Feature