Check out my chassis design in 3D

Check out the 3d solidworks model; ive made of my suspension and chassis.
I think youll like it!

 

did you do a fea?

 

looks nice man always wanted to fab my own tube chassi. have done a cab back tube frame on a truck but never a full frame.

 

Wow!....insane ...... I didn"t even have to put the funny glasses on!

Very cool




thanks

 

Whats that?

 

Finite Element Analysis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_element_method

In this case its a model of how the structure handles loads and stresses

 

No i havent.
I can calculate forces on the components manually, but im mostly just using the software to get dimensions and asthetics.
Heres another pic with a few more speed holes.

 

Can you do the FEA and post an image of it, just to highlight to yourself and others where the stress points are. Or send me a solid file and will do it next week when I am back at work.
Also, there is a rendering option, if you want to get really fancy do that

 

solidworks will run the tests and give you real time images as the loads are applied. you just got tio setup some parameters, thats a great program, unigraphics is a good 3d model software as well, nice drawing btw.

 

To those that know....What FEA software do you like is 'reasonably priced' for home or small business use?