Apply the Loads

  1. Right-click on Loads under Subcase 2 and select New.
  2. Change the Name to Temperature Load.
  3. Change the Type to From Output.
  4. In the Load Definition section click on the browse button for the Results File. Navigate to the location of the FNO file, which was generated after running the Nonlinear Steady State Heat Transfer Analysis. For example, C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Nastran In-CAD 2018\Tutorial\en-us\Inventor\Inventor 2018\Thermal Stress Manifold\In-CAD\FEA folder. Then open the FNO file.

  5. The Load dialog shows that INCR 1, LOAD=1.0 is selected as the Output Set and TEMPERATURE is selected for the Nodal Load, as shown below.

  6. Click OK to complete the definition of temperature load from output.