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SOLIDWORKS Simulation

SOLIDWORKS Simulation is a comprehensive structural analysis solution fully embedded within SOLIDWORKS that can be used by designers and analysts alike to enable companies to get their products to market faster and with less cost without sacrificing quality or performance.

Why Choose SOLIDWORKS Simulation?

SOLIDWORKS® Simulation is an easy-to-use portfolio of structural analysis solutions using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to predict a product’s real-world physical behavior by virtually testing CAD models. The portfolio of simulation solutions offers everything designers need—from entry-level to more advanced capabilities—for linear, nonlinear static, and dynamic analysis.

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium

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Key Benefits of Solidworks Simulation:

Discovers alternative designs shapes with

Topology Optimisation

Reduces time-to-market

by quickly determining optimal design solutions

Predicts product performance, Factor of Safety (FOS) and fatigue capabilities

early-on in the process

Reduces materials cost

by removing unnecessary material

Streamlines the costly testing and certification process by

virtually testing and refining your designs first

Choose the right SOLIDWORKS Simulation Software package for you

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium

An intuitive virtual testing environment for static linear, time-based motion, and high-cycle fatigue simulation.

Provides significant product quality benefits; enabling engineers to detect design problems in less time than a physical prototype could be built.

Designers can simulate complex, real-world operating conditions by including nonlinear material models and dynamic loading scenarios.

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Powerful meshing tools

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Trend Tracker and Design Insight plots

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Real-world virtual testing

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Linear static analysis for parts

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Fatigue analysis

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Time-based kinematic motion

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Simulate frequency or buckling

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Event-based motion

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Drop test analysis

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Topology studies

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Structural optimisation studies

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Analyse thermal loads

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Pressure vessel

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Nonlinear analysis

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Composite/plastics material analysis

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Contact analysis

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Dynamic analysis

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Offload simulation

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Plastic deformations

What is the feature difference between the packages?

FeaturesSOLIDWORKS Simulation
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation
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Linear Static Simulation for Assembly

Tooltip: Test the performance of assembly in terms of
stress, strain, displacements of Factor of Safety. Compare
product behavior under static loads to determine critical
uses cases and to ensure adequate design strength

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Time Based Mechanism Simulation

Tooltip: Test the motion of assembly under time based
real-world operating conditions. Visualize the calculated
force, velocity, accelerations during the assembly
motion to ensure adequate behavior of product. Use
results as a loading for a structural assembly simulation.

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Event-Based Motion Simulation

Tooltip: Test the motion of assembly with a simulation
based on process not time. Actions can be triggered by
the completion of a previous task, on time or the
activation of a new motion sensor.

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Design Comparison with Parametric Simulation

Tooltip: Determine the best design option by comparing
strengths, design life and weight for SOLIDWORKS
Simulation or by comparing fluid flow results for
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation.

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Design Optimisation Simulation

Tooltp: Optimise the design by automatically modifying
parametric model geometry to seek a design goal.

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Frequency Simulation

Tooltip: Predict and control products natural modes of
vibration (frequencies) to avoid potential damaging
resonant frequencies. Study the effects of both loads and
material choices on product performance.

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Buckling or Collapse Simulation

Tooltip: Determine the effect of forces, pressures, gravity
and centrifugal loads on thin and slender components
maximum buckling strength. Study the effects of
material choices on product performance.

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Thermal Simulation

Tooltip: Study the impact of thermal loads on designs.
Compare temperatures, temperature gradients and heat
flow based on heat generation, conduction, convection
and radiation conditions to ensure the best design option
and avoid undesirable thermal conditions like
overheating.

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Pressure Vessel Design Simulation

Tooltip: Test the performance of Pressure Vessel designs
combining the results of static studies with the desired
factors.

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Drop Test Simulation

Tooltip: Test the performance of a product dropped on a
rigid or flexible floor. Define drop height, surface type and
orientation to reduce the number of physical prototypes
with the visual drop test simulation

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Fatigue Simulation

Tooltip: Evaluate the consumed life a design submitted
to repeated loading (phenomenon known as fatigue).
Consider cycles of stress fluctuation which weaken
products to ensure adequate design quality.

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Submodeling Simulation

Tooltip: Analyse the structural performance of critical
parts within an assembly with Submodeling Principles.
Focus the simulation on a group of bodies in a larger
assembly structural analysis by refining the properties
of those bodies and ensure a precise performance
simulation.

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Plastic and Rubber Components Simulationooltip: Capture

the real world behavior of your plastic
and rubber parts. Compare the impact of different non
linear material choices on design performance. Reduce
material costs while still ensuring overall product
compliance.

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Large Displacement Structural Simulation

Tooltip: Test product performance taking into account
geometrical non linearities, large displacements effect on
the overall geometric configuration of the structure.

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Plastic Deformation and Residual Stresses Simulation

Tooltip: Predict and control residual stresses and
deformation for non linear material models

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Composites Components Simulation

Tooltip: Investigate the application and performance of
composite materials to design. Compare strength , weight
and life or product made of composites.

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Forced Vibrations Simulation

Tooltip: Predict and control vibrations or dynamic
responses of products. Determine maximum load cases
using a choice of integrated studies, including Transient,
Harmonic response, Random Response and Response
Spectrum Analysis.

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Nonlinear Dynamics

Tooltip: Test the performance of products under real
world conditions coupling non linear assumptions
(displacement, buckling, material) with dynamic response
analysis.

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SOLIDWORKS®️ products are easy to learn and use, and work together to help you design products better, faster, and more cost efficiently.

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