Tools Tab

FEA Editor Activate the FEA Editor environment where the model is created (meshed) and set up for analysis. See Setting Up and Performing the Analysis: Using the FEA Editor Environment for details.
Results Activate the Results environment where the results of the analysis are viewed. See Results: Results Environment for details.
Report Activate the Report environment. In this environment you can review the log and summary files of your analyses and create an HTML report for presentation purposes. See Results: HTML Report Generation for details.
Manage Material Library Manage custom material libraries. See Setting Up and Performing the Analysis: General Information (Common to Multiple Analysis Types): Material Library Manager for details.
EditCAD with Fusion Select CAD with Fusion to launch Autodesk Inventor Fusion and load the CAD parts from your Autodesk Simulation model. After you edit the model, send the updated model from Fusion to Simulation Mechanical (Home: Simulation: Simulation Mechanical). Non-CAD parts are not transferred from Autodesk Simulation to Fusion.
Note: Fusion saves the model in its native DWG format, not in the original format of the CAD model. If the CAD model currently in Simulation Mechanical has the same name and path as a Fusion drawing, Fusion opens the Fusion DWG file.

This command is available only if Fusion is installed on the computer. Fusion 2013 R1 is included with the Simulation Mechanical 2014 installation. For more information, search on Inventor Fusion 2013.

EditPressure Vessel Launch PV/Designer to modify the pressure vessel. This command is available only if PV/Designer created some parts in the current model. See Meshing Overview: PV/Designer for details.
Play AVI File Play an animation (.AVI) file. See Results: Results Environment: Generating Visual Replays: Animation Player for details.
Add-in Manager Control which add-ins are loaded when the user interface is started.
Cut Select an object and click Cut to remove the object from the display area and store it on the clipboard.
Copy Select an object and click Copy to copy the object from the display area to the clipboard.
Copy Region to Clipboard Enclose a region of the display area and click Copy Region to Clipboard to copy the image to the clipboard (Results environment).
Paste Select a vertex, edge, or surface and click Paste to paste the clipboard object.
Delete Select an object and click Delete to delete the object from the vertex, edge, or surface.
Database Translation
  1. Click Tools OptionsDatabase Translation.
  2. In the Database Translator dialog box, browse to the model you want to translate.
  3. Select the Original Format for the source file format.
  4. Select the Output Format for the destination file format.
  5. Select the appropriate When to Warn option.
  6. Click Translate.
  7. See Database Translation Utility for more information.
Model Summary
  1. Click Tools Options Model Summary.
  2. Input information in the appropriate dialog box fields.
  3. Click OK.

Parent topic: User Interface