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Altair SimSolid User Guide

2025.1
  • (
    • (1D damped oscillator: translation or rotation
      • test no. VM14[1]
  • A
    • adhesives[1]
    • adhesives for entire connection area, add[1]
    • adhesives for local regions, add[1]
    • alignment constraints[1]
    • altair edem[1]
    • altair inspire[1]
    • altair material data center[1]
    • amdc[1]
    • analysis, create[1]
    • analysis, run[1]
    • analysis entities, resolve[1]
    • assemblies, compare[1]
    • assembly info[1]
    • assembly review[1]
    • automatic connections, find[1]
    • available boundary conditions for analyses[1]
  • B
    • base excitation[1]
    • baseline design study, set[1]
    • bearing load[1]
    • best practices[1][2][3][4]
    • bimetallic beam under thermal load - coupled analysis (test no. vnl01)[1]
    • bimetallic cantilever beam (test no. vtl02)[1]
    • bolt/nut resultant forces, display[1]
    • bolt/nut tightening load, background information[1]
    • bolt and nut tightening load[1]
    • bolt internal forces, display[1]
    • bolt load, visualize[1]
    • bookmark browser[1]
    • boundary conditions[1][2][3]
    • brown-miller[1]
    • buckling (test no. VS16[1]
    • buckling linear[1]
    • bulk loading material properties, csv format[1]
    • bushing stiffness (test no. VNL10[1]
  • C
    • cable tightening/rod preload[1]
    • cantilever beam (test no. VM08[1]
    • cantilevered tapered beam (test no. VM11[1]
    • cantilever plate (test no. VS07[1]
    • channels, import[1]
    • channels, review[1]
    • channels from csv, file format[1]
    • circular ring - in-plane and out-of-plane vibration (test no. VM09[1]
    • clamped thin plate (test no. VS05[1]
    • command line execution[1]
    • Composites problems[1]
    • configuration file[1]
    • connection resolution[1][2]
    • connection review[1]
    • connections[1]
    • connections between edges and parts, find[1]
    • connections between faces and parts, find[1]
    • connections between parts in group, find[1]
    • constrained straight bar under linear temperature field (test no. vtl04)[1]
    • constrained straight bar under uniform temperature (test no. vtl03)[1]
    • constraints[1]
    • contact conditions[1]
    • contact conditions, edit[1]
    • contact response, view[1]
    • containers[1]
    • contour plot, display[1]
    • cooling fin (test no. VT01[1]
    • coordinates, measure[1]
    • coordinate system, create[1]
    • coordinate system, import[1]
    • coupled analysis - bimetallic beam under thermal load (test no. vnl01)[1]
    • critical plane approach[1]
    • csv file format[1]
    • curved beam (test no. VS03[1]
    • custom material database, define[1]
    • cyclic stress-strain curve[1]
    • cylinder with prescribed heat flux (test no. VT03[1]
    • cylindrical shell(test no. VM03[1]
  • D
    • damage accumulation model[1]
    • datum plane, results[1]
    • datum points from csv, file format[1]
    • datum points from csv, import[1][2]
    • default input/output units, set[1]
    • default solution settings, apply[1]
    • densities of common substances[1]
    • design study geometry from onshape, import[1]
    • design study geometry from solidworks, import[1]
    • design study results, compare[1]
    • disconnected groups, show[1]
    • displacements in a hemispherical shell(test no. VS23[1]
    • distance, measure[1]
    • distributed mass[1]
    • dynamic reaction force, plot[1]
    • dynamics analysis[1]
    • dynamics or incremental response at point/face, plot[1]
    • Dynamics problems[1]
  • E
    • edem[1]
    • elds between selected parts, find[1]
    • endurance limit modifying factors[1]
    • envelope of results, create[1]
    • evaluated bolt/nut resultant forces[1]
    • event, create[1]
    • external products, interface[1]
  • F
    • faceting parameters[1]
    • faq[1]
    • fast results switching[1]
    • fatemi-socie[1]
    • fatigue analysis[1]
    • fatigue assessment methods[1]
    • fatigue history, view[1]
    • Fatigue problems[1]
    • fatigue theory[1]
    • fea versus simsolid connections[1]
    • file format[1]
    • file handling and formats[1]
    • fillet and seam welds[1]
    • fillet and seam welds, create[1]
    • find collisions[1]
    • findley model[1]
    • fkm[1]
    • force/displacement[1]
    • forces, import[1]
    • free thin square plate(test no. VM04[1]
    • free vibration of a wedge(test no. VM01[1]
    • frequencies of a cantilever (test no. VM12[1]
    • frequency function, create[1]
    • frequency multi-loadcase, create[1]
    • frequency response dynamics[1]
    • frequently asked questions[1]
  • G
    • gas body, create[1]
    • gas body comments[1]
    • general[1]
    • general constraints[1]
    • general virtual connector, create[1]
    • geometric non-linear post processing[1][2]
    • geometry defects, check[1]
    • geometry import settings[1]
    • get started[1]
    • global fatigue solution settings, apply[1]
    • goodman model[1]
    • gravity load[1]
    • ground supports[1]
  • H
    • hardware[1]
    • heat conduction with temperature-dependent conductivity (test no. VT09[1]
    • heat generating plate (test no. VT04[1]
    • heat generating wire (test no. VT05[1]
    • hinge constraint[1]
    • hints and tips[1]
    • hydrostatic pressure[1]
    • hysteresis loop shape[1]
  • I
    • immovable constraint[1]
    • imported convection[1]
    • imported datum points csv format[1]
    • imported flux[1]
    • imported pressure[1]
    • imported spot weld csv file format[1]
    • imported temperature for steady-state analysis[1]
    • imported temperature for thermal imported analysis[1]
    • import loadcase-channel map files[1]
    • import sn curve, csv format[1]
    • import sn curve from csv[1]
    • inertia relief[1]
    • info, pick[1]
    • in-plane vibration of a cantilever plate(test no. VM02[1]
    • in-plane vibration of pin-ended cross (test no. VM07[1]
    • inspire[1]
    • inspire tutorial video[1]
    • insulated wall (test no. VT02[1]
    • internal forces[1]
  • J
    • javascript reference[1]
  • K
    • keyboard shortcuts[1]
  • L
    • laminated strip (test no. VC01)[1]
    • laminates, create[1]
    • laminates, edit[1]
    • laser weld, create[1]
    • laser welds from sketch, create[1]
    • laser welds from solids, create[1]
    • lateral buckling of a right angle frame (test no. vnl03)[1]
    • length units[1]
    • license setup[1]
    • linearized stress, calculate[1]
    • linearized stress calculation method[1]
    • linear structural analysis[1]
    • linear superposition of results, create[1]
    • line on part, create[1]
    • liquid body, create[1]
    • liquid body comments[1]
    • liquid body guidelines[1]
    • loadcase, add[1]
    • loadcase-channel file format[1]
    • loadcase-channel map[1]
    • loadcase-channel map, import[1]
    • loadcase-channel map from csv, file format[1]
    • load history, view[1]
    • loads[1]
    • loads from csv, file format[1]
    • local coordinate system[1]
    • local fatigue solution settings, apply[1]
    • local solution settings, apply[1]
    • local studies, create[1]
    • local studies notes[1]
  • M
    • material assignment, view[1]
    • material database, edit[1]
    • material database notes[1]
    • material failure criteria, edit[1]
    • material failure criteria, view[1]
    • material non-linear result types[1]
    • material properties[1]
    • materials for specific parts, apply[1]
    • materials for welds, apply[1]
    • materials for whole assembly, apply[1]
    • mean stress correction[1]
    • measurements[1]
    • minimum hardware requirements[1]
    • modal, prestressed[1]
    • modal, superelement export[1]
    • modal analysis[1]
    • Modal Analysis problems[1]
    • modal displacement at point, find[1]
    • modal participation factors[1]
    • modal participation factors, view[1]
    • model files, access[1][2]
    • model front view[1]
    • model view[1]
    • morrow[1]
    • mouse controls[1]
    • mouse control settings, change[1]
    • multi-loadcases[1]
  • N
    • neuber correction[1]
    • Non-linear problems[1]
    • non-linear structural analysis[1]
    • normal strain amplitude[1]
    • notched plate (test no. VS12[1]
  • O
    • onshape models, access[1]
    • orthotropic material geometry, set[1]
    • orthotropic material properties, define[1]
  • P
    • part connection locations, review[1]
    • part connections, review[1]
    • part contact conditions, review[1]
    • partial dynamic response, plot[1]
    • part overlaps, check[1]
    • parts, review[1]
    • parts by id or name, show[1]
    • part self intersections, find[1]
    • parts ranked by amplitude, view[1]
    • parts ranked by response, view[1]
    • part type bolt, set[1]
    • part type protruded, set[1]
    • pinched hemispherical shell (test no. vnl08)[1]
    • plate with a hole (test no. VS08[1]
    • potential material failure analysis[1]
    • power spectral density function, create[1]
    • precise connections[1]
    • pressure[1]
    • primary and neighbor connections, find[1]
    • product comparison[1]
    • product introduction[1]
    • psd function, create[1]
  • Q
  • R
    • raasch challenge (test no. VS11[1]
    • rainflow cycle counting[1]
    • rainflow cycle counting, complex load history[1]
    • rainflow cycle counting, simple load history[1]
    • random response dynamics[1]
    • random response fatigue[1]
    • ray probe, measure[1]
    • reaction force for parts, view[1]
    • reaction force history, view[1]
    • reactions at supports, view[1]
    • reactions at the ends of axially loaded plastic bar (test no. vnl04)[1]
    • readers[1]
    • rectangular, circular, or triangular spot, create[1]
    • regular connections[1]
    • relative displacement, calculate[1]
    • remote displacement[1]
    • remote load[1]
    • remote load from csv, file format[1]
    • remote loads from csv, import[1]
    • remote mass, create[1]
    • remote support, create[1]
    • replace part[1]
    • residual deformations in an axially loaded plastic bar (test no. vnl05)[1]
    • response spectrum analysis[1]
      • modal combinations[1]
    • resultant force at connections, view[1]
    • resultant forces[1]
    • results export[1]
    • results graph, display[1]
    • results images/animations[1]
    • results images/animations, create[1]
    • results images/animations, edit[1]
    • results images/animations, export[1]
    • results info[1]
    • results plot, modify[1]
    • results plot, refine[1]
    • rigid parts[1]
    • rigid parts, set[1]
    • rigid parts from csv, file format[1]
    • rigid punch plasticity (test no. vnl09)[1]
    • rivet forces[1]
    • rivet forces, display[1]
    • rotational inertia load[1]
    • run SimSolid on Linux[1]
  • S
    • scatter in fatigue material data[1]
    • scordelis-lo roof (test no. VS09[1]
    • seam weld fatigue[1]
    • seam weld fatigue results, view[1]
    • seam weld force/moment, view[1]
    • seam weld reactions, view[1]
    • seam weld stresses, view[1]
    • Separate beams (test no. vnl07)[1]
    • sequence, create[1]
    • sequences, import[1]
    • sequences from csv, file format[1]
    • sequential[1]
    • sheets, create[1]
    • sheet thickness from csv, file format[1]
    • similar parts, review[1]
    • simply supported beam with mid-span load (test no. VS13[1]
    • simply supported thin plate (test no. VS04[1]
    • simply supported thin square plate (test no. VD01)[1]
    • simply supported thin square plate - frequency response (test no. VD04)[1]
    • simply supported thin square plate - periodic forced vibration response (test no. VD02)[1]
    • simply supported thin square plate - random forced vibration response (test no. VD05)[1]
    • simply supported thin square plate - transient forced vibration response (test no. VD03)[1]
    • SimSolid finite element equivalents[1]
    • simsolid verification problems introduction[1]
    • SimSolid versions, compare[1]
    • simulation environment[1]
    • skew plate under pressure(test no. VS14[1]
    • slider constraint[1]
    • smith, watson, and topper[1]
    • sn curve[1]
    • sn uniaxial fatigue (test no. VF01)[1]
    • solar loads[1]
    • solid parts into welds, convert[1]
    • solution settings[1]
    • spot and laser welds[1]
    • spot displacements, import[1]
    • spot forces, import[1]
    • spot from csv, import[1]
    • spot on cylinder, create[1]
    • spots[1]
    • spot weld, create[1]
    • spot weld fatigue[1]
    • spot weld fatigue results, view[1]
    • spot weld resultant forces, view[1]
    • spot with clipping plane active, create[1]
    • spring support[1]
    • squeak and rattle response[1]
    • squeak and rattle workbench[1]
    • SS-T: 0000 EDEM, Transfer Chute Director Plate[1]
    • SS-T: 1000 Geometry Import[1]
    • SS-T: 1010 Material Database[1]
    • SS-T: 1020 Clip Assembly with Plane[1]
    • SS-T: 1030 Set Parts as Bolts[1]
    • SS-T: 1035 Set Part as Protruded[1]
    • SS-T: 1040 Liquid Body[1]
    • SS-T: 1050 Rigid Body Parts[1]
    • SS-T: 1055 Part Replacement[1]
    • SS-T: 1060 Local Coordinate System (LCS)[1]
    • SS-T: 1070 Create Sheets with Applied Thickness[1]
    • SS-T: 1075 Composites[1]
    • SS-T: 1076 Curved Composites[1]
    • SS-T: 2000 Edit Connections[1]
    • SS-T: 2010 Adhesives[1]
    • SS-T: 2020 Spot Welds[1]
    • SS-T: 2030 Bushings[1]
    • SS-T: 2040 Joints[1]
    • SS-T: 2050 Remote Mass[1]
    • SS-T: 2060 Rivets[1]
    • SS-T: 2070 Seam Welds[1]
    • SS-T: 2075 Laser Welds[1]
    • SS-T: 2080 Custom Contact Conditions[1]
    • SS-T: 2090 Cables[1]
    • SS-T: 2100 Clamping[1]
    • SS-T: 3000 Non-linear Separating Contact and Bolt Pretensioning, Hanger Beam[1]
    • SS-T: 3010 Imported Forces and Remote Loads[1]
    • SS-T: 3015 Imported Remote Loads on Specific Faces[1][2]
    • SS-T: 3016 Imported Remote Loads on Spots[1]
    • SS-T: 3017 Imported Displacements Loads on Spots[1]
    • SS-T: 3020 Bearing Loads[1]
    • SS-T: 3030 Distributed Mass[1]
    • SS-T: 3040 Hydrostatic Pressure[1]
    • SS-T: 3050 Volume Expansion/Shrinkage[1]
    • SS-T: 3055 Structural Thermal Steady-state Analysis with Solar Load[1]
    • SS-T: 3060 Structural Analysis with Wind Load[1]
    • SS-T: 3070 Springs[1]
    • SS-T: 4000 Static Structural Analysis, Pullup Bar[1]
    • SS-T: 4001 Buckling Linear Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4005 Structural Sequential[1]
    • SS-T: 4010 Structural Non-linear Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4015 Non-linear Incremental[1]
    • SS-T: 4020 Modal Analysis, Bridge[1]
    • SS-T: 4025 Modal Prestressed[1]
    • SS-T: 4030 Steady State Thermal Analysis, Cup[1]
    • SS-T: 4035 Thermal Transient Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4040 Multi-loadcases Workbench[1]
    • SS-T: 4045 Structural Thermal Transient Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4048 Structural Thermal Coupled Analysis with Temperature Dependent Mechanical Properties[1]
    • SS-T: 4050 Coupled Structural Thermal Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4055 Structural Thermal Imported Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4060 Frequency Response Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4070 Random Response Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4080 Transient Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4085 Squeak and Rattle Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4090 SN Time Fatigue[1]
    • SS-T: 4110 SN Sequential Fatigue[1]
    • SS-T: 4120: SN Sequential - Import Sequences[1]
    • SS-T: 4130 Spot Weld Fatigue Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4135 Seam Weld Fatigue Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4136 Random Fatigue Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4150 Interference Fit using Align Contact Condition[1]
    • SS-T: 4160 Response Spectrum Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4170 Structural Superelement Export Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 4180 Modal Superelement Export Analysis[1]
    • SS-T: 5000 Datum Points[1]
    • SS-T: 5005 Datum Planes[1]
    • SS-T: 5020 Linear Superposition[1]
    • SS-T: 5060 Structural Envelope[1]
    • SS-T: 5070 Post-processing using Remote Point[1]
    • SS-T: 5080 Collisions[1]
    • SS-T: Global-local Analysis[1]
    • Static Analysis problems[1]
    • stepped shaft with fillet (test no. VS10[1]
    • stl model, delete[1]
    • stl model, hide[1]
    • stl model, show[1]
    • stl model vizualization[1]
    • straight cantilever beam (test no. VS01[1]
    • strain-life (en) approach[1]
    • stress concentration in a filleted notch (test no. VS19[1]
    • stress concentration in a groove shaft (test no. VS17[1]
    • stress concentration of a plate with eccentric hole(test no. VS18[1]
    • stress concentration of a plate with semi-circular holes(test no. VS20[1]
    • stress concentration of filleted bar(test no. VS15[1]
    • stress-life (sn) approach[1]
    • stress versus strain curve, csv format[1]
    • stress versus strain curve, define[1]
    • structural analysis[1][2]
    • structural superelement export[1]
    • structural thermal[1]
    • structural thermal results[1][2][3]
    • supported analysis combinations[1]
    • supported welds[1]
    • surface heat flux[1]
  • T
    • table frame (test no. VT06[1]
    • tangential edge stress in an elliptic membrane(test no. VS21[1]
    • tangential stress for a cylindrical shell(test no. VS22[1]
    • tapered solid bar (test no. VS06[1]
    • teamcenter models, access[1]
    • temperature[1]
    • temperature dependent curves, csv format[1]
    • temperature dependent properties, define[1]
    • theoretical background[1]
    • thermal (test no. VT07[1]
    • thermal analysis[1]
    • Thermal Analysis problems[1]
    • thermal convection[1]
    • thermal imported[1]
    • thermal load[1]
    • Thermal Loading problems[1]
    • thermally loaded support structure (test no. vtl01)[1]
    • thermal steady state[1]
    • thermal transient[1]
    • thick skewed plate (test no. VM05[1]
    • thick square plate (test no. VM06[1]
    • time/frequency step, display[1]
    • time function, create[1][2]
    • transient dynamics[1][2]
    • transient thermal (test no. VT08[1]
    • translational inertia load[1]
    • triangular wing - fixed vibration (test no. VM10[1]
    • tutorials[1]
    • twisted cantilever beam (test no. VS02[1]
    • two-body symmetric damped oscillators system(test no. VM13[1]
  • U
    • units[1]
    • user defined views[1]
    • user guide, analysis, design study[1]
    • user interface[1]
  • V
    • verification problems introduction[1]
    • verification problems - SimSolid[1]
    • videos, tutorial[1]
    • view load history[1]
    • view reaction force history[1]
    • virtual cable[1]
    • virtual connector bushing, create[1]
    • virtual connector imported bushing, create[1][2]
    • virtual connector pin, create[1]
    • virtual connectors[1]
    • virtual joints, create[1]
    • virtual rivet, create[1]
    • virtual rivet from csv, file format[1]
    • virtual shock absorbers[1]
    • virtual spring support[1]
    • virtual superelements[1]
    • volume expansion/shrinkage[1]
    • volume heat load[1]
  • W
    • welds[1]
    • welds between master and adjacent parts, find[1]
    • welds on edges or lines, find[1]
    • what's new[1]
    • wind loads[1]
    • wind loads, create[1]
    • wind profile, create[1]
    • wrapped thick cylinder under pressure and thermal loading (test no. VC02)[1]
  • Z
    • Z-shaped cantilever (test no. vnl02)[1]