Hello my name is Clinton and new in solidwork simualation
I have problem with simulation. My Full assembly is so big and complex so need so much time to complete it.
This is the case :
My Asemmbly is composed by 7 part. 4 slip (the green) 2 base(gold) and 1 pipe. The green have a gap each other so it can move down.
In simualtion i will give force in top of the the green part, so it can move down and press the pipe.
I have tried use 1 degree and make symmetric fixture, but it didn't work. The symmetric make the green didn't move down and make wrong motion..
Please, can you help me to simplify this assembly in simualtion?
Ok I'm seeing it a bit more clearly now. Are you using mesh control? With mesh control you can focus on the area where the green touches the pipe and would be faster than refining the entire mesh.
What contact are you using? I'm assuming there would be no penetration contact surrounding the green parts and the gold parts would get bonded to the pipe only.
Also for symmetry are you splitting the assembly like so:
I believe that should work out ok. I don't know much about 2D axis symmetry but think you're right in that it may not work here because of the gaps.