SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard

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Materials
Fixtures
LoadsSolve
Results
Elastic design

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Will my product last?
Materials
Reuse materials from the CAD model
Define custom materials

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Materials Reuse existing data

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Materials
Fixtures
Consider the surrounding connections
Reuse existing data

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Materials
Fixtures
Reuse existing data
Connecting your model
to its surroundings

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Materials
Fixtures
Loads
Weight of the rider
Reuse existing data
to its surroundings

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Materials
Fixtures
Loads
Reuse existing data
to its surroundings
Simple loadings on
geometry

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Materials
Fixtures
Loads
Solve
Quick and accurate solutions
Reuse existing data
to its surroundings
Simple loadings on
geometry

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Materials
Fixtures
Loads
Solve
Reuse existing data
to its surroundings
Simple loadings on
geometry
Rapidly get answers
about your design

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Materials
Fixtures
Loads
Solve
Results
Easy to track impact of your design
Reuse existing data
to its surroundings
Simple loadings on
geometry
Rapidly get answers
about your design

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Materials
Fixtures
Loads
Solve
Results
Reuse existing data
to its surroundings
Simple loadings on
geometry
Rapidly get answers
about your design
Check if your design is
the best it can be

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Materials
Fixtures
LoadsSolve
Results
Quick and easy test of
your design

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Period of
use
Solve & Results
Background
Design
iterations

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How long will my product last?
Background
Metal fatigue is the most common failure
mechanism.
50% – 90% of failures are due to fatigue.
It occurs in every industry.

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Background
Metal fatigue is the most common failure
mechanism.
50% – 90% of failures are due to fatigue.
It occurs in every industry.

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Background Fatigue testing is very
important

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Background
Period of use
Define how long the product must last.
Fatigue testing is very
important

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Background
Period of use
important
Very easy setup of the
basic test

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Background
Period of use
Solve & results
Life and damage plots
important
basic test

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Background
Period of use
Solve & results
important
basic test
Check the lifetime of the
design

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Background
Period of use
Solve & results
Design iterations
Compare iterations
important
basic test
design

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Background
Period of use
Solve & results
Design iterations
important
basic test
design
Choose the best design

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Agenda Will my product last?
What about mechanisms?
So which is the best design?
Period of
use
Solve & Results
Background
Design
iterations
Consider failure
due to fatigue

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Driving
components
Solve & Results
Physical setup
Design
iterations

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Physical setup
Mates = joints.
Gravity.

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Physical setup Simple consideration of
the real world

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Physical setup
Driving components
Motors, springs, dampers,
forces, contacts.
Simple consideration of
the real world

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Physical setup
Driving components
the real world
Easy application of
driving loads

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Physical setup
Driving components
Solve & results
Dynamic feedback of any
physical quantity.
the real world
Easy application of
driving loads

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Physical setup
Driving components
Solve & results
the real world
Easy application of
driving loads
Quickly assess your
design

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Physical setup
Driving components
Solve & results
Design iterations
Design changes can be
quickly tested.
the real world
Easy application of
driving loads
Quickly assess your
design
Design 1 Design 2

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Physical setup
Driving components
Solve & results
Design iterations
the real world
Easy application of
driving loads
Quickly assess your
design
Design 1 Design 2
Use parametric design to
test iterations

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Driving
components
Solve & Results
Physical setup
Design
iterations
Quickly test your
mechanism design

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Trend
tracker
Design iterations
Test setup
Which is
best?

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Test setup
Simple loads and boundary
conditions.

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Test setup Works on linear static
tests

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Test setup
Trend tracker
Set baseline
Create plots to track changes
Works on linear static
tests

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Test setup
Trend tracker
tests
Choose the parameters
of interest to you

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Test setup
Trend tracker
Design iterations
Go ahead and try different designs.
tests
of interest to you

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Test setup
Trend tracker
Design iterations
tests
of interest to you
Change the design as
you like

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Test setup
Trend tracker
Design iterations
Which is best?
Use the trends tracked to decide
which is best.
Report the results.
tests
of interest to you
you like

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Test setup
Trend tracker
Design iterations
Which is best?
tests
of interest to you
you like
Trend tracker helps guide
your decision process

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Trend
tracker
Design iterations
Test setup
Which is
best?
Let Trend Tracker
help you decide

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Benefits
Quick and easy test of
your design
Consider failure due to
fatigue
Quickly test your
mechanism design
Let Trend Tracker help you
decide

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Standard…
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