Open the Assembly

1. Check to see that the project file is set to Tutorial_Files.ipj.
2. Click the Open command, and navigate to the Assembly FEA 3 folder.
3. Click on Suspension-Fork_Complete.iam, and click Open. Alternatively, double-click the .iam file.
4. Use Save As to save the model to a new name, such as Suspension-Fork_Stress.iam. It is not necessary to say Yes to all components.
5. In the model browser, expand the Representations folder and then the Level of Detail folder.
6. Double-click the All Parts Suppressed level of detail representation.
7. In the browser, right-click and clear the check mark next to Suppress for the following components:
   • Fork-Crown:1
   • Fork-Slider:1
   • Fork-Tube:1
   • Fork-Slider_MIR:1
   • Fork-Tube_MIR:1
8. Right-click the Level of Detail folder node, and click New Level of Detail.
9. Rename the new representation to Stress LOD.
10. Save the assembly model.

We made this level of detail representation to take advantage of the stress analysis environments use of representations.

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