Run Analysis on a Part
Use the Run Part Analysis tool to define and run a linear static, normal modes, or buckling modes analysis on a motion part.
- If you select a part that is a member of a rigid group, the whole rigid group will be analyzed.
- If you don't want to wait for the run to finish, you can close the Run Status window and continue working in Inspire. You can check on the status of a run at any time by clicking the Run Status tool on the Analyze Part icon.
- There is no design space for an analysis, so there is no requirement to break up your model into design and non-design spaces and apply loads only to the latter. Any part can be analyzed. However, if you intend to optimize the part later, it is beneficial to split your part into design and non-design spaces and apply appropriate loads and supports prior to running a baseline analysis.
- If you want to run reanalysis on an optimized shape, double-click it, then use the Analyze button on the Shape Explorer.
- For more accurate results, you should run optimization with the Accurate option selected. Then the reanalysis will utilize the 2nd order elements (for more accuracy).
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Loads from Motion
The options on the Run Analysis window are the same as when running an analysis using the Analyze tool on the Structures ribbon, except the Load Cases section is replaced with Loads from Motion.
Loads from Motion
When you analyze a part using a motion run, the part is loaded from the results of the motion simulation. You can choose to select which points in time are analyzed by extracting the peak loads, evenly spaced time samples, all time samples, or range of times.
- Use # peak loads per connection: This option will extract time samples where peak loads occurred during the previously run motion analysis. This is the default option.
- Use # evenly spaced samples: This option will extract evenly spaced time samples from the previously run motion analysis. This is useful for seeing how stresses develop as the part is moved.
- Use all # time samples: This option will extract loads from all time samples from the previously run motion analysis.
- Time range # to #: Select the checkbox to define a time window to limit the number of samples. This can be applied to any of the three options above.
- Use summed contact forces: This option will use a Summed at Contact Region representation of the contact forces instead of the individual contact forces themselves.