FEM Simulation Student Version? Or export Lattice Structures from Creo for FEM Simulation in Ansys

[SU_10822593]

I’m wondering if it’s possible to perform FEM simulations with the student version of Creo 11, specifically for lattice structures. Does the student version support this type of simulation? Also, is there a way to export lattice structures from Creo to Ansys Workbench for FEM analysis? Standard formats like STEP and IGES don’t work for transferring these detailed structures. If anyone has experience or knows of an alternative method for exporting lattice geometries to Ansys, I’d appreciate any advice!

[KenFarley]

Whether or not you can run Creo Simulate apparently depends on what specific academic version you have. Some have Simulate capability, others do not. If you're using Creo as a part of a class, one would assume the professor or whoever is asking you to use it would know the answer to this question.

As for doing analyses of lattices, a minimal search yields the following info:

https://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/r9.0/usascii/index.html#page/simulate/simulate/simulate_lattices.html 

There seems to be a limit on what can be done, based upon the complexity of your lattice.

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