Project templates can help speed the analysis process in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation.
Let’s Go Bowling with SOLIDWORKS Motion – Visualize Pro Render
In my previous blog on this topic I showed how to use SOLIDWORKS Motion in a virtual simulation to bowl a “Brooklyn Strike.” The simulation presented there was rendered with PhotoView 360. With the introduction of the Visualize program in the SW2016 release we have an alternate way to produce realistic photo renderings of SOLIDWORKS geometry. With Visualize Professional we can export the results of SOLIDWORKS Motion studies directly from SOLIDWORKS. This makes it super easy to bring my Brooklyn […]
Let’s Go Bowling with SOLIDWORKS Motion
Have you ever wanted to go bowling but didn’t want to get out into public, maybe because of a pandemic? Let’s go bowling virtually!
SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Result Plot Tips – Part 2
In a previous CATI blog accessible here, several tips were presented related to post-processing SOLIDWORKS Simulation results. It featured stress plots on mixed mesh models, showed how to present results on selected entities, and highlighted the Stress Hot Spot Diagnostics tool to locate stress singularities. Here I will mention others that I use nearly every time I conduct an analysis. Controlling plot display via the color bar The image below shows the items that are available via right mouse button […]
Particle Separation using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
Particle separators are important devices used to clean industrial process air. One such device that uses inertial and gravitational forces as the separation mechanism is shown in simplified form below. The top view shows that the inlet introduces the flow in a direction that is tangent to the separator wall. In principle, as the flow is introduced, the inertia of the entrained particles makes them collect near the separator walls. Clean air collects in a vortex near the center of […]
3D Hydraulic Jump in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
In my previous blog, I showed an application of the free surface feature in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation. For a 2D section of a spillway and flow over a weir, I showed how this feature can accurately predict the hydraulic jump. Well, 2D isn’t that exciting, is it? That’s why we love to use SOLIDWORKS in the first place! So I generated a 3D simulation and found impressive looking results while learning some new things along the way. Here’s the model […]
SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Linking Evaluator Results to Studies
The 2020 release of SOLIDWORKS Simulation includes a new utility for study management. In a prior CATI blog, my colleague, Alon Finkelstein, introduced the Simulation Evaluator, which checks a study’s setup to determine if it will allow a successful simulation. He gave a great description of how the Evaluator verifies the results folder and material assignments and does a comparison of mesh/solid model volumes to ensure accuracy. I wondered about the usefulness of the “Results” section, and if I would […]
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation: Hydrology Applications
With the addition of the free surface capability, SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation can now perform simulations of more real-world applications. One commonly encountered Civil Engineering application in open-channel flow design is an energy-dissipation phenomenon called hydraulic jump, which occurs when a fast-moving, shallow flow encounters a relatively slow-moving, deep flow field. Fluid Mechanics texts classify open-channel flow using the dimensionless Froude number (Fr), which is a function of the fluid velocity (V) and depth (y) (ref. F. M White, Fluid Mechanics). […]
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Setup Tips – A Few Favorites
Everybody loves shortcuts, right? Who doesn’t like to save time and energy? Setup of SOLIDWORKS Simulation studies is no exception, so I’ll show some of my favorite time saving tips in the analysis of my small garden cart. You may notice that most of these tips are really just SOLIDWORKS CAD functions applied to Simulation, which shows just how well Simulation is integrated into the SOLIDWORKS interface! Hide Excluded Bodies: Simulation has its own set of options. Open the Options […]
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Setup Tips – A Few Favorites
Everybody loves shortcuts, right? Who doesn’t like to save time and energy? Setup of SOLIDWORKS Simulation studies is no exception, so I’ll show some of my favorite time saving tips in the analysis of my small garden cart. You may notice that most of these tips are really just SOLIDWORKS CAD functions applied to Simulation, which shows just how well Simulation is integrated into the SOLIDWORKS interface! Hide Excluded Bodies: Simulation has its own set of options. Open the Options […]