gamesjunston
Automotive
- Jan 26, 2012
- 3
I'm doing a chassis design project for my major project in my degree (2nd year). The design uses pushrod suspension.
As well as creating a 3d cad model (Autodesk Inventor Prof 2012) of my chassis design I am looking to create a simulation of the suspension geometry and if possible calculate the geometry values.
I'm also doing an FEA simulation but I can do this with the college CAD software.
I need to know if SolidWorks has the necessary simulation capabilities – as well as if my Autodesk 3d CAD model can be easily transferred – before I go ahead and buy it.
Can anyone tell me if SolidWorks is good for these purposes and if it is likely to take a long time to learn?
Failing this can anyone recommend any other programs to simulate suspension geometry from CAD models?
Many thanks.
As well as creating a 3d cad model (Autodesk Inventor Prof 2012) of my chassis design I am looking to create a simulation of the suspension geometry and if possible calculate the geometry values.
I'm also doing an FEA simulation but I can do this with the college CAD software.
I need to know if SolidWorks has the necessary simulation capabilities – as well as if my Autodesk 3d CAD model can be easily transferred – before I go ahead and buy it.
Can anyone tell me if SolidWorks is good for these purposes and if it is likely to take a long time to learn?
Failing this can anyone recommend any other programs to simulate suspension geometry from CAD models?
Many thanks.