One of the most comprehensive and sophisticated Finite Element Analysis (FEA) packages available, SolidWorks® Simulation Premium integrates completely with SolidWorks CAD software.

Bring highly advanced validation tools to your design teams at a fraction of the cost of most high-end FEA programs.

Any engineer can easily apply SolidWorks Simulation Premium to perform tough validation tasks like these:

• Study the performance of your designs for excessive deflections and stresses under dynamic loads.

• Perform nonlinear analysis–including impact–on plastics, rubbers, polymers, and foam.

• Conduct contact analysis coupled with nonlinear materials.

• Evaluate the behavior of composite materials.

Assembly Simulation

	Study the interactions of assembly components on-screen, before incurring the costs of physical prototypes. Simulate static or dynamic loads to evaluate your design’s performance under stress, strain, and displacement.
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Mechanism Simulation

	Apply a wide variety of physics-based models to simulate real-world operating conditions for your design. Check for colliding parts. Output numerical and graphic data of the results, as well as animations of your tests.
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Simulate Welded Structures

	Ensure your welded structures perform at peak operating conditions. Apply pressure, forces, and bearing loads. Then use visualization tools like section plots, ISO clipping, and animation to review the response
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Product Failure Prediction

	Save the time and cost of prototyping while creating safer, more durable products. Predict structural failure thresholds due to yielding.
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Compare and Optimize Alternatives

	Determine the best design option by comparing strengths, life, cost, and weight. Perform all comparisons and design modifications within the SolidWorks environment.
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Simulate Forced Vibrations

	Predict and control vibrations or dynamic responses in your products with a choice of integrated design studies including Transient study, Harmonic Response study, and Random Response study.
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Predict Buckling or Collapse

	Virtually apply forces, pressure, gravity, and centrifugal forces to your designs to determine maximum loads before buckling. Study the effects of various materials as well as isotopic and orthotropic factors.
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Simulate Heating or Cooling

	Thermal analysis capabilities enable you to easily study heat effects on your designs. Simulate thermal boundary conditions, fluid flow, thermal-structural interactions, and radiation effects in high-temperature applications
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Simulate Drop Test or Impact

	Save time and cost by reducing the number of physical tests.  Define drop height, surface, and orientation. Perform realistic collision simulation between parts or assemblies
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Simulate Repeated Loading

	Simulate, evaluate, and improve a part or assembly that must withstand the rigors of daily operation. Evaluate the differences in your system’s performance to varying speeds or frequencies, and estimate the design life of your entire product.
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Nonlinear Dynamics

	Thoroughly test and validate your designs with a broad range of advanced capabilities including: nonlinear displacement analysis, nonlinear buckling analysis, analysis of nonlinear materials, as well as dynamic response analysis of parts and assemblies.
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Simulate Plastic Parts

	Capture all the behavior of your plastic parts without special training or add-ins. Simulate your plastic components in all possible tests and environments, and optimize parts for volume and cost.
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