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FEA on imported data

Question asked by Bobby Moore on Apr 1, 2014
Latest reply on Apr 1, 2014 by Jared Conway

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What I have is imported data (.IGES) that was converted to SOLIDWORKS. I have then isolated the base that is an assembly with 77 "dummy" parts. I have now exported that to a .sldprt that is basically a SOLIDWORKS part with each actual part acting as a body. The company I'm working with usually takes my .sldasm and converts them to multibody parts anyways. Does SOLIDWORKS see this as the same thing? This is a weldment with no hollow parts, only solids. Can FEA be ran on this?

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Bobby

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J. Mather Apr 1, 2014 4:34 PM
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You could do a Combine.
Do you really need all of those solid bodies for the FEA (my guess is that some do not substantially influence the FEA (other than to increase processing time).
Can you attach example file here along with the FEA parameters.
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- Bobby Moore @ J. Mather on Apr 1, 2014 6:46 PM
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  Looks like the data translated too sloppy so I have to model from scratch... Thanks for the response!
  
  Bobby
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Jared Conway Apr 1, 2014 7:37 PM
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just to add to this:
1. you don't need to combine unless you have simulationxpress that only supports single bodies/parts
2. solidworks recognizes assemblies the same as multibody parts
3. when running simulations on imported bodies, make sure to run import diagnostics and fix any issues before you add any features
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