Hello to all,
Welcome to this new edition of the SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News, coauthored by members of the SOLIDWORKS Technical Support teams worldwide.
Shape the future of SOLIDWORKS
The SOLIDWORKS World Top Ten List is now open for submitting ideas in preparation for SOLIDWORKS World 2016 at the Convention Center in Dallas, Texas January 31st to February 3rd. During the event, the Top Ten user voted ideas from this forum will be showcased.
The SOLIDWORKS World Top Ten List is YOUR wish list: More than 90% of the enhancements in SOLIDWORKS are directly requested by customers. This is your chance to have your voice heard. You are likely to see your idea or one you voted for in a future release of SOLIDWORKS, as that was the case for the vast majority of ideas on the Top Ten List in past years.
| Let the ideas… Begin! Submit them HERE. Summary: December 11th 2015: end of new idea submissions.December 14th to January 22nd 2016: voting. |
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Service Pack News
Service Pack 0.1 of version 2016 is available.
Also, the Evaluation Version (EV) of 2015 SP5.0, the last planned Service Pack for version 2015 is available for download.
Defining an hydrostatic pressure in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2015 and up
An hydrostatic pressure is a nonuniform pressure which magnitude varies linearily in one direction. It is the type of pressure distribution that corresponds to the actual pressure caused by a liquid on an immersed object or on the walls on a tank.
The possibility to define such pressures was given to SOLIDWORKS Simulations users many years ago. To accommodate for more use cases, the PropertyManager for the definition of nonuniform pressure and force has been updated in version 2015 to include more capabilities, such as more types of distribution of the load with respect to more types of coordinate systems. You can now control the variation of the pressure or force using a user-defined expression, and it can be defines in the frame of cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems in addition to cartesian.
As a consequence of this change, users need to adopt new practices do define hydrostatic pressures in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2015 and up.
Recommended procedure to define an hydrostatic pressure:
- When defining hydrostatic pressure, the pressure direction should be Normal to selected faces.
- The location and orientation of the Coordinate system used to define the variable pressure is important. The best practice it to have the XZ plane lying on the surface of the fluid and to have the Y axis pointing downward (same direction as the gravity).
- Select N/m² (and not MPa) as the Pressure Value unit.
- In the Pressure Value field, enter the mass density of the fluid multiplied by the value of gravity. For water at sea level, you should therefore enter 9810 N/m^2 (1000 kg/m^3 for water and 9.81m/s^2 at sea level on earth for gravity).
- Select meters (m) as the Units for x, y and z.
- Click the button for Cartesian Coordinate System and type “y” for the equation.
Note:
- If the modeled structure is deep underwater and the Coordinate System (CS) cannot be placed at the surface:
If the Coordinate system used to define the variable pressure has its Y axis pointing downward, but if the XZ plane is parallel to the surface of the fluid and offset from it of a distance D, you have to add the depth D of the Coordinate system’s origin in meters to “y” in the equation. If the Coordinate system’s origin is 100m below surface, enter 100 + “y”, not -100 + “y”. - A sample model with a defined hydrostatic pressure can be found in attachment of Solution ID: S-069799 in the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base.
Noteworthy Solutions from the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base
SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP4 Stability Hotfix is available for users experiencing some common instability scenarios
In SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP4, it is possible that some users may see SOLIDWORKS experience delays when saving files, hangs when clicking in the graphics area after zooming or rotating a model, or intermittent shutdowns after adding a configuration or after performing FeatureManager Design Tree selection and rebuild.
A hotfix has been made available to correct these issues. The Hotfix is attached to this KB Solution Id: S-070177 and is made specifically for SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP4.0. To apply the Hotfix, simply download it and run it.
Which editions of the Windows 10® operating system do the SOLIDWORKS® 2015 and SOLIDWORKS® 2016 software support?
The SOLIDWORKS® 2015 SP5.0 and SOLIDWORKS 2016 SP0 software support only the 64-bit versions of the Windows® 10 Professional and Windows 10 Enterprise operating system. From Solution Id: S-069926
How do I download and install the SOLIDWORKS® PDM Professional 2016 (Enterprise PDM 2016) software?
With the release of SOLIDWORKS® PDM 2016 (called Enterprise PDM in previous versions), we introduce support for downloading and installing the SOLIDWORKS PDM software via the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager (IM). This means that the installation procedure for SOLIDWORKS PDM differs slightly from the installation process for previous product versions. The two ways to install the SOLIDWORKS PDM 2016 software are explained in Solution Id: S-069947.
Is there any validation documentation on the accuracy of SOLIDWORKS® Plastics?
Yes. Please use the link below to access a SOLIDWORKS® World 2015 presentation covering SOLIDWORKS Plastics validation. http://www.solidworks.com/sww/proceedings/proceedings-presentations.htm
Search for Presentation Title: ‘SOLIDWORKS Plastics: Test Results and Software Validation’
To request additional please validation examples and documentation for SOLIDWORKS® Plastics, please search for SPR 740716 in the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base (KB) and request to be notified of status updates. From Solution Id: S-069854.
Does SOLIDWORKS® Flow Simulation create a session log file that provides details similar to what the Journal file or Performance file does for SOLIDWORKS?
Yes. To view this SOLIDWORKS® Flow Simulation log file:
1) In Windows® Explorer, type ‘%temp%’ to access the user temp folder (typically ‘C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Temp’).
2) Open the file ‘ngp.log’ in a text viewer such as Notepad.
From Solution Id: S-069597.
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That’s it for this month. Thanks for reading this edition of SOLIDWORKS Support News.
Originally posted in the SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog by Julian Boissat.