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Tech Tips and Tutorials for SOLIDWORKS Simulation, FEA, and CFD Applications
Simulate Efficiently with the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Load Case Manager
By Angus Hudson, CSWP on January 22, 2019
Getting valid, informative, and useful results is the goal of any design validation and verification activity, whether it be through simulation or physical testing. However, getting these results efficiently is the difference between getting a…
Setting up a Static Simulation on SOLIDWORKS Weldments
By Ben Crisostomo on November 27, 2018
When working with large assemblies, you may want to run a static simulation on a sub-assembly and you are faced with the error “Load/Restraint cannot be applied to the beam face, edge, or vertex” as…
Perform Static Analysis on your models with SOLIDWORKS Simulation
By Sam Sharkawi on October 30, 2018
SOLIDWORKS Simulation static analysis includes many amazing capabilities and there are always questions about what types of simulation and elements can SOLIDWORKS Simulation handle? If you’re working with solid models there are a vast list of…
Mesh Away With SOLIDWORKS Simulation Adaptive Meshing
By Sam Sharkawi on October 24, 2018
When working with SOLIDWORKS Simulation software it’s important to understand the accuracy of the results! Sometimes we spend too much time refining the mesh of a part when there is no need or sometimes we…
Test the life of your models with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Fatigue Module
By Sam Sharkawi on October 22, 2018
How do you know your models will last? Is there a warranty in place? What happens when you need to apply a cyclic load SOLIDWORKS has the tool to do exactly that! The SOLIDWORKS Simulation…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 Topology Study Intermediate Results
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on September 22, 2018
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 now allows Topology Studies to be stopped during intermediate iterations and keep its results. The results may not be fully optimal as the solver is interrupted before reaching convergence. NOTE: If you…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 Topology Study Mesh BREP Export
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on September 21, 2018
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 introduces an option to export the smoothed mesh from a Topology Study directly as a mesh BREP body. The exported mesh boundary representation body (aka BREP) are created from mesh facets (triangles)…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 Topology Study Constraints
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on September 19, 2018
Topology studies in SOLIDWORKS Simulation give you insight to help determine the best design for a set of constraints (included in SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional and Premium packages). SOLIDWORKS 2019 now adds SOLIDWORKS Simulation Topology Study…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 Remote Loads/Mass Distributed Coupling
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on September 17, 2018
SOLIDWORKS 2019 has improved the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Remote Loads / Mass feature. The previous user interface was split into categories of Direct Transfer and Rigid Connection. The option for Displacement (Direct Transfer) was previously only…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 Stress Averaging at Mid-Side Nodes
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on September 16, 2018
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 now includes an option that enables an improved stress averaging method for mid-side nodes of a high quality (second order) solid element. A solid element is made up of a four-corner tetrahedral…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 Pin Connector in Nonlinear
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on September 16, 2018
SOLIDWORKS 2019 adds Simulation Pin Connector improvements to Nonlinear Static and Nonlinear Dynamic studies that was introduced in Simulation 2018 for Linear Static, Frequency, Buckling and Linear Dynamic studies. You can apply a single pin…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 Solver Performance
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on September 13, 2018
SOLIDWORKS Simulation performance has been improved for the 2019 release as it now relies on the latest Intel Parallel Studio XE 2018, replacing previous Intel Fortran compilers used (MKL and MPI). These are used for the…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation No Penetration Contact Advanced Options
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on August 31, 2018
When defining a No Penetration Contact Set in SOLIDWORKS Simulation you have some Advanced Options. There are 3 available: ‘Node to Node’, ‘Node to Surface’ and ‘Surface to Surface’. There are some key things to…
How to add a Point Load along a Beam in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on August 27, 2018
When applying External Loads to a beam element, you can apply it to the entire beam which distributes the load. You can also apply it to a joint at the end of a beam element. …
Save SOLIDWORKS Simulation Fixtures and Loads to the Design Library
By Mehdi Rezaei, CSWE on July 19, 2018
A time saving tip for SOLIDWORKS Simulation Fixtures and Loads (which are defined for a specific simulation case) is to save them to the Design Library so they can be easily reused in other models….
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