3D Stress Simulation Service from STL (Free)

[Marm]

Are you obliged to have a 90 degrees sharp angle at this point ? If not, round off your corner, it will help.

Interesting results. Took the model from the second picture, and applied a rounded corner as you suggested.

servosleddeformc2.JPG

Took a big step backwards. LOL. Interesting.

Edit:

Ok, jsut remembered what The OP jsut mentioned, Red does not mean bad.

In the original design red = 8.03 somethings (The unit is not specified).

In design 2, red = 5.4 somethings.

In the latest design, red = 2.6 somethings.

So yes, it looks like it took the stress, spread it out, and reduced it by a quarter.


It'd be really nice if I could mouse over the color scale bar at the bottom and have it say what the value is, as the scale is probably not linear.

[Hugues]

Cool !
Sharp angles are to be avoided, they concentrate the stress, basics of mechanical engineering, which I studied :-)

[IntactSolutions]

Interesting results. Took the model from the second picture, and applied a rounded corner as you suggested.

servosleddeformc2.JPG

Took a big step backwards. LOL. Interesting.

Edit:

Ok, jsut remembered what The OP jsut mentioned, Red does not mean bad.

In the original design red = 8.03 somethings (The unit is not specified).

In design 2, red = 5.4 somethings.

In the latest design, red = 2.6 somethings.

So yes, it looks like it took the stress, spread it out, and reduced it by a quarter.


It'd be really nice if I could mouse over the color scale bar at the bottom and have it say what the value is, as the scale is probably not linear.

Sorry, units are on the list of things to add. They are consistent with the geometry units you are using. So for stress:
mm --> MPa (mega Pascals)
cm --> Ba (barye)
m --> Pa (Pascals)
in --> psi (Pounds per sq. Inch)
ft --> lb/ft^2 (Pounds per sq. Foot)

All the deflection quantities in the results display are in the units of length used for the geometry.

The legend scale IS linear.

This is NOT a sales pitch, but our plug-in for Rhino has A LOT more capabilities... building the cloud solution to the same level of sophistication will take time.

[Marm]

Very cool! Thanks for the answer.