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Discover SimSolid functionality with interactive tutorials.
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SimSolid Assembly tutorials cover essential setup steps, from importing geometry and materials to defining special parts like bolts and rigid bodies, managing the assembly structure with clipping and part replacement, and utilizing advanced features like Local Coordinate Systems (LCS) and composite materials.
SimSolid SimSolid Connection tutorials guide users through defining various ways parts interact, covering the creation of explicit connections like Adhesives, Spot Welds, Bushings, Joints, Rivets, Seam Welds, Laser Welds, and Cables. They also cover editing existing connections, setting up custom contact conditions, applying Remote Mass, and understanding the Clamping contact type.
SimSolid Boundary Condition tutorials focus on applying various external loads and constraints to your models. They cover applying imported data like forces and displacements (including via .csv files onto specific spots), setting up specialized loads such as bearing loads and hydrostatic pressure, defining thermal effects (expansion/shrinkage and steady-state analysis with solar load), applying wind load, and utilizing springs and mass definitions. The set also includes an advanced example integrating non-linear separating contact with bolt pretensioning.
SimSolid Analysis tutorials cover the breadth of available simulation capabilities, ranging from fundamental Static Structural and Modal analyses to advanced dynamic, thermal, and coupled simulations. Key topics include performing Linear Buckling, Non-linear Static/Incremental analyses, and various Thermal analyses (Steady State and Transient).
SimSolidPost Processing tutorials guide you on how to review and interpret analysis results effectively. They cover creating geometric aids like Datum Points and Planes for section-cuts and reference, querying results on specific areas like loaded faces, and calculating specialized metrics such as Linearized Stress and Partial Response/Dynamic Reactions. Additionally, they show how to use Linear Superposition, post-process Seam Welds, find potential Collisions quickly, and use a Remote Point for result review.
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.
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