Nov 5, 2025 · Welcome to the Autodesk Inventor Nastran Forums. Ask questions, share your knowledge, and make connections.

Oct 4, 2022 · I'm planning to promote the use of Autodesk Nastran in my community developing courses/workshops to my engineering students and local sugar cane mill engineers.

Apr 14, 2024 · You can view results in the Nastran Editor, but its capabilities are limited compared to Inventor. Click the Model/Results tab to show the model. Right-click in the graphics window and …

Apr 8, 2022 · The solution was using the Automatic button in the Nastran ribbon to automatically create contact sets between touching surfaces. Once I elected that feature, I was able to run the simulation …

Dec 8, 2020 · All, Are there specific guidelines while using RBE2 vs RBE3 vs REMOTE FORCE to transfer loads? Or they are considered to be the same for different scenarios? Thank you.

Jan 13, 2022 · Hi @charrigan6B552 . Welcome to the Inventor Nastran forum. Constraints connect the model to the ground. In your situation, the tee pin connects the shaft to the frame. No type of …

Nov 8, 2021 · I was wondering where I could learn more about edge-to-surface and surface-to-surface bonded contact types, as well as master and slave entities. The Inventor page on contacts doesn't …

Oct 11, 2017 · Hello @Aadithya01, before we go into the details, there are couple of links of interest just in case you were not aware of them Nastran In-CAD help tutorial "Section 17: Ball Impact Exercise" …

Aug 1, 2018 · Apply the Nastran constraints and lock/release the various directions to fix the surfaces in the proper direction while leaving the others free. Try this: Steve Walton Did you find this post …

Sep 28, 2020 · View the Nastran file. Find the rigid connector command, either RBE2 (rigid body) or RBE3 (interpolation body). The third column (second number on the line) gives the node number of …