Simulation Professional
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional allows you to perform virtual testing and analysis of parts and assemblies. Drive your design with optimization technology to improve product performance. Virtually prototype the most challenging machines with event-based motion simulation. Determine the structural impact of thermal loads on your design. Estimate component life based on calculated or SOLIDWORKS Motion loads.
(SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard Capabilities Included)
Thermal Structural Analysis
Thermal structural analysis is the application of the finite element method to calculate the temperature distribution within a solid structure, which is due to the thermal inputs (heat loads), outputs (heat loss), and thermal barriers (thermal contact resistance) in your design. Thermal structural analysis solves the conjugate heat transfer problem with the simulation calculation of thermal conduction, convection, and radiation.
Vibration Analysis
SOLIDWORKS Simulation provides detailed vibration data through frequency analysis and dynamic analysis to ensure product performance and safety. Vibration analysis is an important consideration when an applied load is not constant (static), inducing unstable modes of vibration (resonance) which result in a shortened service life and cause unexpected failures.
Structural Analysis
Structural simulation covers a wide range of FEA problems – from the performance of a part under a constant load to the stress analysis of a moving assembly under dynamic loading, all of which can be determined using SOLIDWORKS Simulation tools.
Structural Optimization
time varying stresses and deformations due to an initial impact of the product with a rigid or flexible planar surface (the floor) are calculated. As the product deforms, secondary internal and external impacts are also calculated, locating critical weaknesses or failure points, as well as stresses and displacements. Drop test analysis using SOLIDWORKS Simulation enables you to visualize the elastic stress wave propagating through the system so that the correct assembly methods are used.
Frequency Analysis
Quickly and efficiently investigate the natural frequencies of a design—with and without loads and boundary conditions – with easy-to-use SOLIDWORKS Simulation. Ensure that the natural modes of vibration are away from environmental forcing frequencies, indicating that the design will meet the required service life.
| SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard | SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional | SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium | |
| Ease of Use/Intuitiveness/Concurrent Engineering | |||
| Fully Embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD | X | X | X |
| SOLIDWORKS Material Properties Support | X | X | X |
| Connectors & Hot Spot Detection | X | X | X |
| Mass Properties for Simulation Models | X | X | |
| Equation Driven Results | X | X | |
| Finite Element Analysis | |||
| Linear Static Stress Analysis for Assembly | X | X | X |
| Time-Based Mechanism Motion Analysis | X | X | X |
| Design Studies | X | X | X |
| Trend Tracker | X | X | X |
| Fatigue Analysis | X | X | X |
| Design Optimization | X | X | |
| Event-Based Motion Analysis | X | X | |
| Topology Optimization | X | X | |
| Frequency Analysis | X | X | |
| Buckling Analysis | X | X | |
| Structural Thermal Analysis | X | X | |
| Drop Test Analysis | X | X | |
| Pressure Vessel Design Analysis | X | X | |
| Sub-Modeling Analysis | X | X | |
| Load Case Manager | X | X | |
| Non-linear Analysis | |||
| Transient (Time Dependent Loads) | X | ||
| Material Nonlinearity | X | ||
| Large Displacement/Strain Problems | X | ||
| Composites Analysis | X | ||
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