{"id":6269,"date":"2020-01-29T13:40:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6269"},"modified":"2020-01-29T13:40:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:40:31","slug":"efficient-simulation-workflows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/efficient-simulation-workflows\/","title":{"rendered":"Efficient Simulation Workflows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SOLIDWORKS 2020<\/strong> continues our mission of delivering powerful <strong>Simulation Capabilities<\/strong> with enhancements that provide increased power, more realistic simulations, and more efficient workflows.<\/p>\n<p>When running simulation on <strong>Weldment Structures<\/strong>, <strong>beam elements<\/strong> are typically used since they are fast to setup and quick to solve. But what if you need to understand how Temperature affects the stress and displacement? <strong>SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020<\/strong> now allows <strong>Thermal Loads<\/strong> to be applied to beams!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/1-EFFICIENT-SIMULATION-WORKFLOWS-thermal-beams.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25655 aligncenter colorbox-25648\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/1-EFFICIENT-SIMULATION-WORKFLOWS-thermal-beams.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enhancements to <strong>SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation<\/strong> add realism to complex thermal systems to closely mimic real-world design logic. Have you ever accidentally left your phone in your car on a hot day, and received a message that your phone \u201cneeds to cool down before you can use it\u201d ? While this may be a little annoying, it\u2019s actually a pretty smart design \u2013 the phone sensed its environment and shut down to prevent damage. <strong>SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2020<\/strong> can now mimic this type of design intelligence by using environmental conditions to drive thermal dependencies.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2-EFFICIENT-SIMULATION-WORKFLOWS-flow.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25654 aligncenter colorbox-25648\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2-EFFICIENT-SIMULATION-WORKFLOWS-flow.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020<\/strong> also offers a better way to optimize the mesh. You can now <strong>mix draft and high quality mesh elements<\/strong> all within the same assembly. For example, if you\u2019re only interested in the performance of a few key components \u2013 those can be meshed at <strong>high quality.<\/strong> For the other components, you can trade accuracy for speed by assigning them <strong>draft quality<\/strong>. It\u2019s a much more efficient workflow \u2013 you get the overall accuracy needed with a faster run time.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/3-EFFICIENT-SIMULATION-WORKFLOWS-draft.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25653 aligncenter colorbox-25648\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/3-EFFICIENT-SIMULATION-WORKFLOWS-draft.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enhancements to our Simulation products provide new capabilities to solve more complex problems with improved efficiency and greater realism!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2020\/01\/efficient-simulation-workflows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLIDWORKS 2020 continues our mission of delivering powerful Simulation Capabilities with enhancements that provide increased power, more realistic simulations, and more efficient workflows. 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