Skip navigationLog in to follow, share, and participate in this community. How do you calculate the bolt preload for Bolt connectors in SW Simulation? I'm going to try to make this super easy for you all. Here is a link to two PDF files, one for USA bolts and the... Calculating preload for Bolt connectors
BackSOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2020 cannot read the project data from SOLIDWORKS files in format 2014 or older. This is actually an intended behavior, as it relieves the R&D team from maintaining code to perform the c... SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation legacy projects from version 2014 or older
BackI thought I'd just post some additions to inform you all of the Simulation software that the developers have snuck into SP's of 2012. Thanks to my friends and colleagues, Delphine G. & Omar Z. for providing ... Sneaky additions to SIM products in SP's of 2012
BackI was working with a new Simulation Professional customer recently on getting his frequency analysis model working right. He knew what the frequency should be because they had performed a physical test and he co... See and hear the frequencies
BackI thought it might be a good idea to provide some basic definitions of terms that are used in analysis that are good to know to be able to communicate intelligently about Simulation. These are not meant to be de... Terms used in analysis - Set 3 - #19-29
BackI always found it both paradoxical and interesting how during the winter in modern times we heat our houses to stay warm but then have our refrigerators to keep our foods cold while it sits within the warm house. ... Fighting warmth and cold to save energy, and rule of thumb
BackI thought it might be a good idea to provide some basic definitions of terms that are used in analysis that are good to know to be able to communicate intelligently about Simulation. These are not me... Terms used in analysis - Set 2 - #12-18
BackOK, so I took a bit of a hiatus from the blog. I'll try to make this up somehow. During this time away, I thought it might be a good idea to provide some basic definitions of terms that are us... Terms used in analysis - Set 1 - #1-11
BackThis was a post to a message on a Meshing Problem that I am reposting here. https://forum.solidworks.com/message/110194#110194 When you add parts or place model into an assembly, the default mesh size that is calc... Tips to overcome meshing problems
BackA friend of mine recently made me aware of this awesome website: Wolfram|Alpha. Wolfram has always been known for its Mathematica software but now Stephen Wolfram wants to make the world's ... Awesome computing - Wolfram|Alpha
BackFor shell bodies in Simulation, you can color the surfaces by either material or thickness after the mesh is created by creating a mesh plot (right-click on the Mesh icon after a mesh is created). Or... Color shell elements based on either material or thickness
BackLast week, I had a healthy conversation with a customer and VAR AE regarding testing methods to determine the mechanical properties for different material models used in SolidWorks Simulation. The customer had a... If you always wanted to know how to enter special symbols, like 5.0±0.1 or ∞ or 176°F or µm, it's really very easy. You have to hold in the Alt key and use the number keyp... Enter special symbols with ease
BackEver wish that you could easily read numbers off a plot, well there is a freeware solution out there for just this reason: Plot Digitizer. I really like the Zoom feature so that I can easily pinpoint my se... Get some digits off a plot
BackRecently I helped a customer who wanted to make his images stand out, so he inquired how to get images like the ones seen in our marketing images. Here I offer an alternative to using Photoshop by using an out-o... Make your images stand out by showing excluded bodies in results plots
BackSometimes I have tips for software other than SolidWorks Simulation. I tend to like to use animated GIFs in my PowerPoint slides, but with MS Office 2007 the animated GIFs were not working as it turns out in MS'... PowerPoint 2007 Tip when using animated GIFs in slides
BackThere are multiple benefits of using a Split Line (Insert > Curve > Split Line) feature for SW Simulation. When you want to apply an attribute in Simulation, such as a fixture, load or mesh control, to onl... Split Lines and Wraps are useful for Simulation
BackWhen doing the first training lesson from the SolidWorks Simulation manual, the results summary table (on page 64 of the 2009 book) is meant to illustrate the impact of the model discretization, or e... Why you need to refine the mesh to get accurate stresses?
BackHave you been to a roll-out by your local reseller where they covered what's new in the 2010 SolidWorks release? There's a lot more than they can share in that short amount of time. In the new 2010 release... Hidden Gems in Simulation 2010
BackBy using an Annotation, you can display the weight of your assembly (or part) in the graphics window, which is awesome for when you are making design changes or optimizing it for weight. Here is the procedure: ... Put your design on a scale
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