If you have not already heard, the Product Design Collection is now the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection. The big news is the addition of Nastran In-CAD for embedded finite element analysis and Autodesk HSM for integrated CAM. You can get all the details here: In the Fold
Here is a high-level breakdown of the analysis options:
- Autodesk Inventor Professional
- Static stress
- Modal
- Frame analysis (both static and modal)
- Dynamic simulation of mechanisms
Autodesk Nastran In-CAD
- Linear and non-linear static
- Dynamic response
- Steady state and transient heat transfer
- Impact (drop test)
- Buckling
- Thermal stress
- Response spectrum
- CFD integration thermal and pressure profile
Regardless of whether you use Inventor Professional or Nastran In-CAD, the new Product Design & Manufacturing Collection gives you access to all the simulation capabilities to help you make anything.