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Using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation to design a safe face shield
By Erin Elliott on July 21, 2020
Javelin Technologies is partnering with Canadian hospitals to collaborate, develop, manufacture, and rapidly deploy personal protective equipment to front-line workers across Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Safety is the highest priority. We are focused on…
Simulating Hydrostatic Pressure in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on June 22, 2020
SOLIDWORKS Simulation lets you create studies that review the effects of hydrostatic pressure of a fluid in a model. The displacements and stresses caused by hydrostatic pressures can be calculated by applying non-uniform force distribution….
Using Symmetry in your SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Studies
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on June 19, 2020
The size of your SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation studies can be drastically reduced by using symmetry to simplify the study. Symmetric studies saves you time and resources by reducing mesh generation. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation creates mirrored…
Increase Your SOLIDWORKS Simulation Linear Static Productivity in Six Minutes
By Rod Mackay on May 27, 2020
If SOLIDWORKS Linear Static Analysis is top of mind when you hear simulation, this video is for you. In less than six minutes, you’ll learn how to fuel engineering problem solving and innovation with these…
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation demonstrates how social distancing helps limit the spread of COVID-19
By Rod Mackay on May 25, 2020
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software can analyze and simulate real-life fluid and heat transfer behavior of products. By using CFD, you can also analyze real-life scenarios, including how a virus can easily…
Changing the Direction of a Beam in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
By Julian Wolf, CSWP on May 5, 2020
When you model a beam in SOLIDWORKS, you can set up the cross section to align with the default coordinate system. The contrived beam shown below was modeled with the bottom face parallel to the…
How to use SOLIDWORKS Thermal Simulation Results in a Static Stress Analysis
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on April 23, 2020
Did you know that you can use the results of your thermal simulation in your static stress analysis? The temperature fields from the thermal simulation can be imported and applied to your static analysis, therefore…
Do you need to create a Local Bonded Contact Set for SOLIDWORKS Simulation Shell Bodies?
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on April 21, 2020
Let’s assume you have a SOLIDWORKS simulation study and you have decided to represent your model using shell elements to optimize your resources. The two bodies that are modeled with shell elements are going to…
When to use 2D Simplification for SOLIDWORKS Thermal Simulation Studies
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on April 16, 2020
Utilizing the 2D simplification method reduces the size of your SOLIDWORKS simulation thermal studies drastically and allows you to use a more refined mesh in order to achieve more accurate results. Many 3 dimensional problems…
Modifying a Joint Group for Beam Elements in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on April 10, 2020
When setting up your SOLIDWORKS Simulation Study with beam elements, you may sometimes need to modify the joint group that connects the structural member together. This modification can be done only for a single joint…
Get Answers to the most pressing Simulation Questions
By Rod Mackay on December 5, 2019Get answers to your most popular product design simulation questions to boost your confidence and productivity with integrated simulation tools. There’s no doubt about it: Simulation has come a long way since its inception. For decades, analysis was the exclusive domain of expert analysts. They would develop carefully crafted mesh models to assess only the…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020 Mixed Draft and High Quality Mesh
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on October 14, 2019
Draft Quality elements provide faster solve times as each tetrahedral element only contain 4 nodes, one at each vertex. Switching over to High Quality mesh elements is required for accurate stress results, which adds midpoint…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020 Network License Selection
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on October 13, 2019
SOLIDWORKS Simulation is available with various levels of licensing, providing access to specific study types: SOLIDWORKS Premium license gives you access to Linear Static and Motion studies SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard license includes Linear Static, Motion…
Distributed Coupling for Bolts and Pins in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020
By Angus Hudson, CSWP on September 30, 2019
Getting simulation results quickly, while maintaining accuracy, is always a top priority for any analyst. Replacing modeled fasteners with bolt or pin connectors in SOLIDWORKS Simulation is a great way to simplify your model, thus…
Get peace of mind with the SOLIDWORKS 2020 Simulation Evaluator
By Angus Hudson, CSWP on September 26, 2019
Few things grind an analyst’s gears like setting up a long study to run overnight, and then returning the following morning only to find that the study failed after 25 minutes due to storage limitations…
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