I am trying to test to find the force that occurs when a deflection is applied. I found a way online but it seems to be older and different than the 2019 solidworks simulations.
Link to old explantation: Is there a way to apply a deflection to a beam then calculate the force required to bend the beam that amount
I attached a photo of the piece I am working on. The deflection would be moving the top piece of the plate up.
Thanks
Thank you for your response,
I now realize we do not have the simulations package. Hopefully with some convincing I will be able to get it soon.
Is SimulationXpress an extremely light version in comparison?
Thanks, Will
Oh yes it is extremely light! pretty much crippled really
You can still get it with force.
Apply force, find deflection.
Decide if force need to increase or decrease.
Apply second force, find deflection.
With 2 data point you can solve a linear equation to find the deflection you want.
Apply that and see how close it is.
With express, do you still get a deflection measurement for a particular point with a sensor? or are you reliant on the colourblind test estimation?
SimulationXpress doesn't give you the option to use sensors so the information you will get has to visually be taken from the plot itself.
Hi Will,
It looks like you are possibly using SimulationXpress. The thread you linked there is using the full Simulation package to create a study applying prescribed displacements to the beam and measuring applied force (as opposed to applying force to the model and measuring displacement). Do you have access to the full Simulation package in your organization? The quickest way to check is to go into 'Tools', 'Add-ins' and see if SOLIDWORKS Simulation is in this list. If it is, turn it on and use that instead.