Supported Analysis Combinations

Table 1.
Analysis	Support availability in SimSolid
Structural linear	Yes
Geometric structural non-linear - Full	Yes
Geometric structural non-linear - Incremental	Yes
Contact structural non-linear	Yes
Material structural non-linear	Yes
(Geometric + Contact) structural non-linear	No
(Geometric + Material) structural non-linear	Yes
(Contact + Material) structural non-linear	Yes
Thermal steady state linear	Yes
Thermal steady state non-linear	Yes
Thermal transient linear	Yes
Thermal transient non-linear	Yes
Thermal imported	Yes


Sequential combinations	Support availability in SimSolid
Structural linear + Geometric structural non-linear	No
Structural linear + Contact structural non-linear	Yes
Structural linear + Material structural non-linear	Yes
Geometric structural non-linear + Structural linear	No
Geometric structural non-linear + Geometric structural non-linear	Yes
Geometric structural non-linear + (Geometric + Contact) Structural non-linear	No
Geometric structural non-linear + (Geometric+ Material) Structural non-linear	Yes
Geometric structural non-linear + Contact structural non-linear	No
Geometric structural non-linear + Material structural non-linear	No
Geometric structural non-linear + (Contact + Material) Structural non-linear	No
Contact structural non-linear + Structural linear	Yes
Contact structural non-linear + Contact structural non-linear	Yes
Contact structural non-linear + (Geometric + Contact) Structural non-linear	No
Contact structural non-linear + (Contact+ Material) Structural non-linear	Yes
Contact structural non-linear + Geometric structural non-linear	No
Contact structural non-linear + Material structural non-linear	Yes
Material structural non-linear + Any other combination	No
Thermal steady state + Structural linear	Yes
Thermal steady state + Structural Non-linear	Yes
Thermal transient + Structural linear	Yes
Thermal transient (with single-step output) + Structural non-linear	Yes
Thermal transient (with multi-step output) + Structural non-linear	No
Thermal imported + Structural linear	Yes
Thermal imported (with single-step output) + Structural non-linear	Yes
Thermal imported (with multi-step output) + Structural non-linear	No
Structural linear + Modal	Yes
Structural non-linear + Modal	Yes
Modal (Non-complex modes) + Dynamics	Yes
Modal (Complex modes) + Dynamics	No
Structural linear + Fatigue	Yes
Contact structural non-linear + Fatigue	Yes
Geometric structural non-linear + Fatigue	No
Material structural non-linear + Fatigue	No
Thermal steady-state + Structural linear + Fatigue	Yes
Thermal transient (with multi-step output) + Structural linear + Fatigue	Yes
Thermal imported (with multi-step output) + Structural linear + Fatigue	Yes