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Tech Tips and Tutorials for SOLIDWORKS Simulation, FEA, and CFD Applications
Leveraging the combined powers of 3D solid modeling and design analysis software, engineers can now test a design on the computer instead of using prototype-test iterations for design. CAD models have become virtual prototypes, and design…
SOLIDWORKS Design Analysis is NOT just for Experts anymore
By Rod Mackay on March 22, 2018
SOLIDWORKS design analysis provides the greatest benefits when implemented very early in the design cycle because that’s when it is easiest and most cost-effective to make design changes. When analysis is performed in conjunction with solid…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Cleaning Utility
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on March 6, 2018
One of the lesser known tools that gets installed along with SOLIDWORKS software is the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Cleaning Utility. This utility tool can be used to permanently delete any simulation data, including simulation setup and results information,…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Topology Study
By Siavash Khajehhasani on January 11, 2018
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…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018: Mesh Refinement for Stress Singularities Hot Spot Diagnostic
By Siavash Khajehhasani on January 5, 2018
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…
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Axial Periodicity
By Siavash Khajehhasani on December 30, 2017
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…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Mass Properties Sensor
By Siavash Khajehhasani on December 28, 2017
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,…
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Plot Callouts
By Siavash Khajehhasani on December 24, 2017
Now in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 we can show the minimum and maximum values in callouts for cut and surface plots.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Improved Pin Connector
By Siavash Khajehhasani on December 22, 2017
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…
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Colour Bar and Component Explore Enhancement
By Siavash Khajehhasani on December 11, 2017
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….
What is Design Analysis?
By Rod Mackay on November 23, 2017
In its simplest terms, design analysis is a powerful software technology for simulating physical behavior on the computer. Will it break? Will it deform? Will it get too hot? These are the types of questions for…
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Full Template
By Siavash Khajehhasani on November 13, 2017
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 Simulation 2018 can now Plot Imported Results
By Siavash Khajehhasani on November 11, 2017
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…
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 adds Noise Prediction
By Siavash Khajehhasani on November 10, 2017
Noise prediction capability is available in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018. The ‘Acoustic Power’ option activates the calculation of a noise level prediction. This acoustic power level uses the “Proudman’s formula” for calculation. This formula is…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Bolt Series for Multiple Holes
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on October 20, 2017
The Bolt Connector in Simulation is a great way to simplify the study so physical bolts don’t need to be included in the analysis. In the case where you have a bolt going through the…
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