In this tutorial you performed a structural frequency (modal analysis) analysis with the goal of finding natural mode shapes and frequencies of vibration. The steps performed included:
- Create a modal simulation.
- Use Manual Contacts to establish the correct relationship between components.
- Exclude components, or use a Design View Representation to remove components from the simulation.
- Override materials
- Add constraints
- Manually add contacts
- Specify mesh parameters
- Run the simulation
- View the results
What Next? As a next step, visit http://www.autodesk.com and try some of the Skill Builders for Stress Analysis. Try using some of these learned techniques on your models.