Start with the assembly
Open Vectorian inside Inventor and organise the engineering work into analyses and cases. Use model references for load and support definitions. Development builds are being tested in Inventor 2025 and 2027 on Windows.
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Know the workflow.
Know its limits.
An overview of the current development workflow. Detailed installation and operating instructions are being prepared alongside the public release.
Define shared inputs
Global Inputs and Design Factors keep named assumptions reusable. Unit-aware expressions, derived quantities and custom formulas connect the load and support fields to those inputs. Check units and assumptions when setting up each case.
Build the load cases
Choose supports and loads for each case: forces, moments, gravity, mass and inertia, or hydrodynamic load definitions. Reaction transfers connect stages of an analysis. The chosen constraints and reaction-distribution assumptions are part of the calculation model.
Review reactions and envelopes
Use Reactions, Compare and Envelope to inspect forces and moments in a common coordinate frame. Review source cases, calculation status and coverage alongside governing values. A partial envelope does not represent every intended case. SI and imperial display units support the review.
Document the calculation
Select cases for a report draft, add purpose, assumptions, conclusions and section notes, and include saved model views. A frozen revision preserves the report for PDF or DOCX export. Keep the review and engineering interpretation with the results.
Respect the calculation scope
Vectorian focuses on rigid-body equilibrium and support reactions. A completed equilibrium calculation does not establish stress, deformation, fatigue life or joint capacity. Those checks remain separate engineering tasks.
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