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Tech Tips and Tutorials for SOLIDWORKS Simulation, FEA, and CFD Applications
Physics Fun with Jamie: Best Practices for Creating Mesh
By Jamie Hill, CSWE/CSWE-S on May 8, 2023
Welcome back to “Physics Fun with Jamie”. Meshing is an important step in the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) process, as it affects the accuracy and efficiency of the simulation. Creating mesh requires careful consideration of…
Physics Fun with Jamie: Best Practices for Applying Fixtures
By Jamie Hill, CSWE/CSWE-S on April 21, 2023
Welcome back to “Physics Fun with Jamie”. SOLIDWORKS FEA is a powerful tool that allows users to simulate physical behavior of designs and analyze their performance under different loading scenarios. One of the key elements…
Simulate Welding in SOLIDWORKS with Weld Edge Simulation
By Malak Souissi on April 20, 2023
SOLIDWORKS simulation encompasses two types of edge welds: Fillet Weld and Groove Weld, which may be single-sided or double-sided to simulate welding. Fillet weld is a triangular welding technique utilized to connect two metal parts at a…
Electromagnetic Simulation Using 3DEXPERIENCE Simulia
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on February 20, 2023
In our smart connected world, we are rapidly adopting products that are stacked with sensors, antennas and similar devices for communication, data acquisition or monitoring. With Artificial Intelligence-based technologies and a high level of automation…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Training Resources
By Brittany Hubbard on January 24, 2023
The SOLIDWORKS Simulation family of products includes a wide range of tools and capabilities. Skilled users can evaluate their designs against simulated abuse before anything is physically manufactured. This can dramatically reduce the design cycle,…
5 settings to set when starting a simulation project in SOLIDWORKS
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on January 23, 2023
When you start a new part, assembly, or drawing in SOLIDWORKS, you have a lot of default settings that are stored in your document template that optimize to your requirements. Simulation in SOLIDWORKS has similar…
The Simulation Manager on 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on January 23, 2023
Virtual product development using simulation tools such as the Simula roles on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, accelerates the process of evaluating product performance, reliability, and safety, prior to time-consuming physical prototyping. With an ever-increasing number of…
Simulation Evaluator Video Tech Tip
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on January 19, 2023
How frustrating it is to encounter the SOLIDWORKS Simulation error — ‘Unable to create plot..’ after running a finite element analysis! You can see the result file *.cwr is intact in the folder yet the…
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Component Explorer
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on December 23, 2022
A lesser-known feature in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation that can help speed up the review of any thermal management models such as large electronics assembly models is the Component Explorer. Why use the Component Explorer? Use…
Reuse SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Study Setup by Means of Templates
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on December 22, 2022
Virtual product testing using simulation tools have become a core strategy to meet evolving needs of the product development processes. Therefore, it is critical to improve simulation productivity by capturing and reusing the simulation data…
Mesh Parameters in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on December 6, 2022
SOLIDWORKS Simulation still meshes the solid and surface models with triangular and tetrahedral meshes, but how the models are auto-meshed can be accomplished with three different schemes. They have been updated to use multiple cores…
Desktop Simulation: SOLIDWORKS Premium vs. Simulation Standard
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on December 2, 2022
When being introduced to finite element simulation, you are typically shown a linear static study. SOLIDWORKS can provide those linear static tools from two different software licenses. One way is from the SOLIDWORKS CAD Premium…
The SOLIDWORKS Simulation Design Insight Plot, also known as “load path”, is a plot that shows the regions of the model that carry the loads most efficiently. It can be useful in part modification in…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Three Incremental Control Techniques
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on October 6, 2022
Nonlinear analysis is often decided to be used out of necessity, however there are other benefits to using nonlinear analysis. Incremental control techniques are a massive piece of the puzzle in how nonlinear studies are…
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Results Exchange Capabilities and Benefits
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on October 5, 2022
SOLIDWORKS has many different analysis tools that allow us to simulate and validate designs. Flow Simulation is a computational fluid dynamics program that allows us to do things like heat transfer, internal/external flow, and results…
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