Summary

Summary

SOLIDWORKS Simulation is an easy-to-use portfolio of structural analysis tools that use finite element analysis (FEA) to predict the real-world physical behavior of products by virtually testing CAD models The product portfolio provides linear, nonlinear static and dynamic analysis capabilities SOLIDWORKS Simulation Solution With consistent, powerful, and intuitive simulation capabilities fully embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD, designers can under

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard


SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard is an intuitive virtual testing environment for performing linear static, time-based motion, and high cyclic fatigue simulations. It provides a concurrent engineering approach that can help you understand during the design phase whether a product will work and how long it will last.

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional


SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional enables you to optimize designs, determine product mechanical resistance, product durability, topology, and natural frequencies, and test for heat transfer and buckling instability. It can also perform sequential multiphysics simulations.

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium


SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium enables you to efficiently evaluate nonlinear and dynamic response designs, dynamic loads, and composite materials. SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium includes three advanced studies: nonlinear static, nonlinear dynamic, and linear dynamic.

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  • Fea modeling
  • Load constraint
  • Time based
  • Interactions and Connectors
  • Trend tracker

Fea modeling

1、SOLIDWORKS Simulation Includes solid, shell, and beam element formulations.
2. SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional and SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium provide 2D simplification, plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric, and submodeling capabilities.
1, engagement, contact, shrink fit, degrees of freedom and virtual wall conditions.
2、Node-to-surface and surface-to-surface contacts.
3、touch oneself.
4、Joints: Bolts, Pins, Springs, Elastomeric Supports and Bearings
5、Joint Safety Check
1、Fixtures for specifying degrees of freedom.
2. Forces, pressures and remote structural loads.
3. Temperature load.
4. Import pressure and thermal loads from SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation.
5、SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional 和 SOLIDWORKS Simulation
6. Premium includes a load instance manager that can be used to evaluate the effect of different load combinations on the model.
1. Model regions where irregular stress gradients can be detected between adjacent elements.
2. The reason for the irregular stress gradient may be the stress singularity. Patented in 2020.
1. Customizable simulation report.
2. Use eDrawings to open the simulation results.
1. Part and assembly structural analysis problems solved for stress, strain, displacement, and factor of safety (FOS).
2. A typical analysis assumes the use of static loads, elastic linear materials, and small displacements.
1. Rigid geometry kinematics and dynamic motion tools that can be used to calculate the velocity, acceleration, and displacement of an assembly under operating loads.
2. After the kinematic analysis is complete, the component geometry and connection loads can be included in the linear analysis for a complete structural study.
"What-if" scenarios based on defined variables (dimensions, mass properties, simulation data).
1. Estimate the high cyclic fatigue life of components under a variety of different loads when the peak stress is lower than the material yield stress.
2. Cumulative damage theory can be used to predict the location and period when a failure state is reached.
Discover trends in the results through different iterations of the static study.
  • Motion Simulation
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Topology Optimization
  • frequency
  • Drop test
  • buckling

  The professional version includes all the features of the basic version

Toolbox Automatic Fastener to Bolt Conversion

Automatically convert Toolbox fasteners to simulated bolted joints from SOLIDWORKS CAD models. Patented in 2018.
1、Design optimization is based on the Design of Experiments (DoE) approach to find the optimal design based on design variables and user-defined objectives (e.g., minimize mass, stress, bias).
2. Design variables can be CAD dimensions, material properties or load values.
You can evaluate the effect of different load combinations on your model.
1、Thermal Contact Resistance Conditions
2. Insulation conditions
3. Edge weld joint
4. Connecting rod joint
New minimal material design alternatives can be found when subject to linear elastic static loads while still meeting component stress, stiffness and vibration requirements.
Event-triggered motion control uses motion analysis generated by sensors or any combination of events or schedules.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize Standard allows you to create engaging visual content for your 3D designs with ease and flexibility. By using photo-quality content early in the design process, you can receive helpful and early feedback to make more informed design decisions. SOLIDWORKS Visualize Standard is included with an active subscription of SOLIDWORKS Professional or Premium.
1. The buckling fracture mode of slender components is that they collapse under loads below the yield stress of the material.
2. The torsion study can predict the torsional load factor of the component.
1. Solve steady-state and transient thermal problems for temperature, temperature gradient, and heat flow.
2. Thermal analysis results can be imported into static studies as loads.
You can analyze the effect of a part or assembly on the target surface.
Pressure Vessel studies calculate linear stresses, which are critical for safe pressure design.
Can analyze the structural response of a subset of the main assembly
By reducing a 3D model to 2D in plane stress, plane strain, or axisymmetric models, the time required to solve a problem can be greatly reduced.
  • nonlinear
  • composite material
  • Linear dynamics

 Platinum Edition includes all the features of Basic Edition and Professional Edition

Linear Dynamic Simulation

1. Calculate the effects of dynamic loads, forced vibrations, collision or shock loads for linear elastic materials.
2. The types of calculation examples are *modal time history analysis *harmonic analysis *random vibration analysis *response spectrum analysis.
1. Calculate the effects of dynamic loads, forced vibrations, collision or shock loads for linear elastic materials.
2. The types of calculation examples are *modal time history analysis *harmonic analysis *random vibration analysis *response spectrum analysis.
3. Nonlinear analysis allows users to analyze complex material behavior (such as post-yielding metals, rubber, and plastics), as well as account for large deflections and sliding contact.
4. Complex material models in nonlinear static studies can be used to calculate permanent deformation and residual stress due to excessive loading, as well as predict performance for components such as springs and clamp fasteners.
5. The nonlinear dynamic example considers the influence of real-time changing loads. In addition to solving nonlinear static problems, nonlinear dynamic studies can also solve impact problems.
Analyze the structural response of composite materials (that is, a mixture of two or more materials).

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