Static Simulation · Complete SOLIDWORKS learning path
Validate your parts and assemblies through analysis, from SimulationXpress to SOLIDWORKS Simulation.
Free video training · Simulation
Six lessons, from your first analysis with SimulationXpress (included in SOLIDWORKS) to assembly, frequency and fatigue studies. Some studies require a SOLIDWORKS Simulation license: each lesson says so.
6 lessons
20 videos
Beginner to advanced
Free
What you will be able to do
✓Run a static analysis and read stresses, displacements and factor of safety
✓Mesh correctly and check that the results no longer depend on the mesh
✓Model the contacts, bolts and connectors of an assembly
✓Know when to move to a frequency, fatigue or thermal study
Where to start
No Simulation license: lessons 1 and 6 (SimulationXpress, Structural Designer role) are enough to get started. You have SOLIDWORKS Simulation: start with lesson 2.
The program
01First analyses with SimulationXpressThe analysis wizard included in SOLIDWORKS: fixtures, loads, material, results, simple optimization.▶ 4 videosBeginner▶Introduction to SimulationXpress▶SimulationXpress: Applying Fixtures, Loads, Materials▶SimulationXpress: Running a Study and Analyzing Results▶SimulationXpress: Optimizing a Design→02The analysis process and meshingThe SOLIDWORKS Simulation modules, the static study workflow and mesh convergence.▶ 3 videosBeginner▶The Simulation Suite of Products▶The Analysis Process▶Mesh Convergence and Mesh Controls→03Contacts, bolts and assembly connectorsContacts between parts, bolts, pins and springs, and shells for thin structures.▶ 3 videosIntermediate▶Bolt Connections▶Assembly Analysis with Connections and Mesh Refinement▶Analysis of Thin Components→04Frequency, fatigue and thermalNatural modes, fatigue under repeated loads, thermal analysis and load case combinations.▶ 4 videosAdvanced▶Frequency Analysis of an Assembly▶Fatigue Analysis▶Thermal Analysis with Radiation▶The Load Case Manager→05Optimize and focus the analysisDimension optimization under constraints and submodeling of a critical area.▶ 2 videosAdvanced▶The Optimization Process▶Submodeling→06Simulation on the 3DEXPERIENCE platformThe Structural Designer role: linear static analyses of parts and assemblies from the platform.▶ 4 videosIntermediate▶Introduction to the Structural Designer Role (Using 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS)▶Introduction to the Structural Designer Role (Using SOLIDWORKS)▶Linear Static Structural Analysis of a Part▶Linear Static Structural Analysis of an Assembly→To go further, Dassault Systèmes also offers the learning paths SimulationXpress and SOLIDWORKS Simulation and Getting Started with the Structural Designer Role (on MySolidWorks).
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