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GregLocock, you pretty much nailed the problem and my thought processes. The problem is the cables are pretensioned. If they were un-tensioned cables, that would be easy (just draw rods of the correct diameter). The pretensioning of the cables is going to provide a significant structural...

Hello, I am modeling a structure that will consist of an I-Beam with a post at its center and two cables that span from the ends of the I-Beam to the end of the center post (creating a triangle). I was originally going to add a standard force to each mounting surface of the cables, but that...

The pallet rests on the two angles and is not attached to them in any way. The pallet's weight causes a vertical load (gravity) to be distributed along those two angles. The solution shows the angles being overly stressed and deflected at the "Points B" locations. It would seem that the FEA...

Hello, First post here. I am using Inventor 2012 Professional with the FEA package. I am trying to model a frame with 800 lbm of load support across the faces of two angle rails (see screenshot). The load is extremely rigid (a stack of structural UHMW "pallets") and will not deform...