SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018: Mesh Refinement for Stress Singularities Hot Spot Diagnostic
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 one of the known steady-state approaches in Computational Fluid Dynamics….
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Introduces Free Surface Simulation (Part 1: Theory)
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 allows you to model the flow of two immiscible fluids with a free surface. Liquids are considered as immiscible if they are completely insoluble in each other. A free surface is an interface between immiscible fluids, for example, a liquid and…
New in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 is the ability to dismiss pop-up messages. For example every time you re-mesh a model after the study had already been solved, you get the pop-up warning that the previous results would be deleted. You can now select ‘Do not…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Email Notifications for Completed Studies
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 now includes the ability to automatically send notification emails to track the status of your studies. The email setup can be found under Simulation > Options > System Options tab > Email Notification settings. Here you are required to provide the email…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Import Study Features from Parts/Sub-assemblies into Upper Level Assemblies
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 introduces an option to import existing Simulation study properties in a part or sub-assembly to a new Static study in an upper level assembly. The following Simulation features can be imported: Materials and Element types (solid, shell, beam) Contacts and Connectors (in…