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Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
View new features for SimSolid 2026.
Activate your SimSolid license from within the product.
Learn the minimum requirements for supported platforms.
Short list of hints and tips to get you started with SimSolid.
General workflow overview for SimSolid.
Visual guide for navigating the SimSolid user interface.
Explores best practices to ensure high-fidelity results in SimSolid.
Mouse controls for model view manipulation and component selection in SimSolid
List of keyboard shortcuts available in SimSolid.
Command-line execution in SimSolid, leverages the operating system's shell to initiate processes, pass configuration parameters, and automate workflows. This bypasses the graphical user interface (GUI), reproducibility, and integration into larger computational pipelines or batch processing systems.
The Linux version of SimSolid works without any user-interface and is meant to run jobs on HPC clusters.
SimSolid is integrated with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and CAE preprocessor applications.
A guide to unit management in SimSolid.
Measurement of coordinates and dimensions in SimSolid.
Summary of the settings available for refining SimSolid solutions.
Select default orientation for the Front view of the model.
Generator and browser for user defined views
Allows comparison of filtered contacts for parts or groups of parts across multiple design studies
Comparison of functions available in SimSolid , SimSolid Standard, SimSolid Advanced, and and Inspire.
Used to manually activate or deactivate a set of features.
Theoretical background of SimSolid and its software implementation workflow, and comparison of other methods used in traditional FEA.
Discover SimSolid functionality with interactive tutorials.
Interfaces that support SimSolid output file format.
Information about treatment and properties of geometric entities in SimSolid.
Summary of available functionality for defining the properties and behavior of parts in the model.
Connections are used to define the association of different regions of interest between parts in an assembly.
Create an analysis for your project.
Boundary Conditions available for SimSolid.
Run analyses and view a variety of results in SimSolid.
Design studies allow you to quickly evaluate and compare the structural performance from different design scenarios.
Solved verification models.
This section provides quick responses to typical and frequently asked questions regarding