Fundamentals
A computational analysis known as Finite Element Analysis
What is FEA?
This is the highest package of desktop simulation that SOLIDWORKS offers.
What is Simulation Premium?
The process of finding the best design parameters to achieve a desired outcome, such as minimizing weight or maximizing stiffness.
What is design optimization?
This supersedes all other interactions.
What is a local interaction?
This type of simulation lets you see how your model reacts to a sudden force or motion, like a hammer hitting a part.
What is a dynamic study?
A force or load that is assumed to be constant over time.
What is a static load?
The lowest level of simulation that has the capabilities to do assemblies.
What is SOLIDWORKS Premium?
Predicts how a part will behave under repeated loading and unloading, ultimately leading to failure.
What is fatigue?
Specifies how a certain group of components will interact.
What is a component interaction?
Plastics, rubbers, and metals beyond their elastic range are this type of non-linearity
What is material non-linearity?
What is a linear analysis?
Software capable of doing linear static analysis for assemblies, along with fatigue.
What is Simulation Standard?
Shows the actual force values caused by mode shapes and frequencies.
What is a vibration study?
Compares the longest to shortest legs of a mesh element.
What is an aspect ratio?
These are the three types of non-linearities
What are material, contact, and geometric non-linearities?
Defines how a model may be constrained in a real world environment.
What is a fixture?
This tool is limited to part files, global meshes, fixtures on faces, only applying force loads, and three output plots.
What is SimXpress?
A journal that lists details about the study's baseline and every iteration, allowing users to rollback to restore the model to a specific iteration if needed.
What is Trend Tracker?
The better mesh quality type used for finding accurate stress/strain results.
What are 2nd order (high quality) elements?
Non linearity where parts slide against each other, possibly including friction.
What is a contact non-linearity?
This type of result plot shows how much a part stretches, compresses, deforms, or deflects under load.
What is a displacement plot?
Package of simulation that includes both event and time based motion analysis.
What is Simulation Professional?
Shows how forces propagate through the entire design during an impact.
What is shock response?
This mesher creates similar sized elements while recognizing curves
What is the blended-curvature based mesh?
Non-linearities due to large deformations and strains
What are geometric non-linearities?