Dear fellow students,

I have a very basic question on the possibilities of SolidWorks Simulation.

My task is to simulate the behavior of a mechanical press - tensions and shifts to be specific.

Is it possible to simulate the tensions and strains of the total system (see picture below) for a complete cyle rotation of the drive shaft so that I can get results out of the simulation for any rotation angle of the drive shaft?

Right now I am only able to simulate the motion of the system with the SolidWorks Motion Analysis tool. When using the simulation tool I am only able to get mechanical tensions and shifts for one specific angle / position of the system.

I did a motion simulation of the modell before and the press movement worked properly and did complete full cycle rotations so I think the mates of the system must be correct.

I am gratefull for any help on how to simulate the mechanical tensions of the system over the complete cycle of the movement and thanks a lot for any hints on why I am not able to simulate the dynamic process of the press in a full motion-cycle.