Discover the features of SOLIDWORKS Simulation and compare all versions, SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard, Professional, Premium and SOLIDWORKS Premium. Click on each capability to find out more about each element of functionality. A copy of the product matrix can be found at the bottom of the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Datasheet.
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard is an intuitive virtual testing environment for static linear, time-based motion, and high-cycle fatigue simulation. It delivers a concurrent engineering approach, helping you know if your product will perform properly and how long it will last—during the design phase.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional enables you to optimise your design, determine product mechanical resistance, product durability, topology, natural frequencies, and test heat transfer and buckling instabilities. It can also perform sequential multi-physics simulations.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium lets you efficiently evaluate your designs for nonlinear and dynamic response, dynamic loading, and composite materials. SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium includes three advanced studies: Non-Linear Static, Non-Linear Dynamic, and Linear Dynamics.
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Fully Embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD, Full Associativity with 3D Design Changes, Support SOLIDWORKS Configurations, SOLIDWORKS Material Properties Support
Solid, Shell and Beam modeling, h and p adaptive element type, Mesh control capabilities, Failure Mesh Diagnostic, Simplify model tool for meshing, Customisable Material Library
Bonded contact condition, Node-to-node, surface-to-surface contact condition, Shrink Fit condition, Virtual Wall condition, Connectors: bolt, spring, pin, elastic support and bearing, Connectors Safety Check
Contour, Iso-Surface, Surface, Section Result Plot, Probe tool, Design Insight, Compare test data, List values on selected entities, Animation of Results
Analyse the structural behavior or parts and assemblies under loading, Fixtures to prescribe zero or non-zero displacements, Structural loads, Temperature loading, Import Flow/Thermal Effects, Calculation of stress, strain, displacement and FOS, Calculation of reaction forces and moments
What-if scenarios based on defined variables (dimensions, mass properties, simulation data)
Analyse the life expectancy of structure under repeated loading, Theory of Cumulative Damage, Fatigue Check Plot, Outputs: life, damage and factor of safety plots
Thermal contact resistance condition, Insulated condition, Edge and spot weld connector
Analyse the natural frequencies and mode shape of parts and assemblies, Import Flow/Thermal Effects, Load Stiffening
Analyse slender structure for critical buckling factors and the associated buckling mode shapes, Import Flow/Thermal Effects
Analyse slender structure for critical buckling factors and the associated buckling mode shapes, Import Flow/Thermal Effects
Analyse the effect of the impact of a part or an assembly on a target surface, Inputs: drop height, gravity, velocity at impact, Outputs: stress, displacement, and strains
Analyse the structural behavior or parts and assemblies under loading, Linear combination and square root of the sum of the squares (SRSS)Pressure Vessel Design Simulation
Transient (time dependent) loads, Large component deformation, Nonlinear materials
Modal Time History Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Random Vibration Analysis, Response Spectrum Analysis