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Each tier of SOLIDWORKS Simulation packages includes more advanced capabilities as you move up in each package (the higher-level packages include all the features of the previous levels). In this blog, we will compare all tiers of SOLIDWORKS Simulation packages and see examples so you can determine what level of SOLIDWORKS Simulation is best for you and your company.
In this article, get a sneak peek at what’s new for SOLIDWORKS Simulation, Flow Simulation, and Plastics. To check out everything new in SOLIDWORKS 2022 register to attend our 3D CAD conference either virtually or at a location near you. Event details are listed here.
Drop Tests are a kind of study in SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional and Premium that simulates dropping a model on the ground. Drop Tests are the only type of study in SOLIDWORKS Professional that utilizes a dynamic solver. Though SOLIDWORKS is performing complex calculations in the background, Drop Tests are easy to set up as a user.
When running a simulation study on an assembly in SOLIDWORKS Simulation, you may need to view the effects of your simulation on a specific part or parts for the simulation plot you are interested in. Some examples may be that parts of the assembly are covering the part that you wish to quickly analyze, or you may want to specifically show what happens to a specific part in a simulation report you are generating for a presentation. This article discusses two approaches to isolate and show the simulation results for a single part.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2017 gave users the ability to take an existing static study and create a new nonlinear or linear dynamic study by copying their existing static study to one of those study types. If the simulation setup is valid, then all boundary conditions and loads will be copied straight over to the new study. If any loads or boundary conditions fail to copy over to the new study due to limitations in the software, then a warning will pop up.
This case study compares SOLIDWORKS Simulation results on a model as analyzed by beam and solid element types. Beam-type elements are defined by a single line representing the path of a beam with the cross-sectional moment of inertia applied only as a theoretical calculation along that path. Solid-type elements, in this case, are tetrahedrons that generate in place of all modeled geometry acting as a 1:1 representation.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2015 introduced a new utility called the Load Case Manager. It is available within a linear static study and is included in the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional and Premium packages. This utility allows for the creation of secondary load combinations from primary load cases to quickly evaluate the effects of various load combinations on your model. This article will cover how to access and manipulate the settings within the Load Case Manager.
As a SOLIDWORKS Simulation technical support specialist, I see many very complicated assemblies on which customers are attempting to perform a SOLIDWORKS Simulation; that, at times, will not mesh because of a phenomenon called volumetric interferences.