Articles by: Siavash Khajehhasani

Siavash is a SOLIDWORKS Elite Applications Engineer and is based in our Oakville, Ontario office.

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Topology Study

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Topology Study

The SOLIDWORKS Simulation Topology Study included in the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional version simplifies structural topology investigations with a goal-driven approach to mathematically alter the stiffness of the meshed geometry.  Assuming linear static loading designers and engineers specify target mass reduction and the delivered results show…

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018: Mesh Refinement for Stress Singularities Hot Spot Diagnostic

Stress Singularity

The Stress Hot Spot Diagnostic Tool introduced in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2017 helps engineers find hot spot regions in their model and possibly look for a potential ‘stress singularity’. In SOLIDWORKS 2018, this process has been enhanced to reduce the manual mesh refinement process in order to…

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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Axial Periodicity

In SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 you can reduce the analysis time when analyzing fluid flow (or conjugate heat transfer) in models consisting of axial periodic

In SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 you can reduce the analysis time when analyzing fluid flow (or conjugate heat transfer) in models consisting of axial periodic features. Using this Axial Periodicity you need to calculate the fluid flow only for a sector instead of the entire…

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Mass Properties Sensor

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Mass Properties Sensor

One of the enhancements in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2017 was ‘Simulation Mass Properties’. Wherein, you could calculate mass properties of all or selected bodies included in a Simulation study. The Mass Properties tool considers: Solid, beam, and sheet metal bodies with their material definitions assigned in…

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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Plot Callouts

Now in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 we can show the minimum and maximum values in callouts for cut and surface plots.  

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Improved Pin Connector

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Pin Connector

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 pin connector has been enhanced. Now you can define a pin connector through more than two cylindrical surfaces in one definition. An improved user interface allows the definition of a single pin connector applied to multiple cylindrical faces (maximum ten). For instance, in…

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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Colour Bar and Component Explore Enhancement

One of the graphical enhancements for result plots in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 is colour bar. Colour Bar Now the colour bar can be oriented horizontally. Furthermore, the values can be displayed in logarithmic scale. These can be accessed by right clicking on the colour…

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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Full Template

SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Template

Now in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 you can save all project data to a template, such as boundary conditions, sources, and goals. This makes it easier to copy projects from model to model. A comparison between a SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation template in 2017 and 2018 is depicted below:…

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 can now Plot Imported Results

Plot Imported Results

In SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018, you can now create simulation result plots by importing data from an external file. Here is an example, the stress results at a cutout location are saved and sorted into a *.csv file. Please note that the input file can be…

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