User manual SOLIDWORKS 2008

[. . . ] DESIGN BETTER PRODUCTS SolidWorks® 2008 What's New © 1995-2007, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation is a Dassault Systemes S. A. 300 Baker Avenue Concord, Massachusetts 01742 USA All Rights Reserved U. S. Patents 5, 815, 154; 6, 219, 049; 6, 219, 055; 6, 603, 486; 6, 611, 725; 6, 844, 877; 6, 898, 560; 6, 906, 712; 7, 184, 044; and foreign patents, (e. g. The information and the software discussed in this document are subject to change without notice and are not commitments by SolidWorks. [. . . ] · (A) You can use the nitinol material model for shells in nonlinear studies. · New toolbars are added for COSMOSWorks Dynamics and COSMOSWorks Trend Tracking. · You can search for analysis keywords within analysis files, including *. sldalasm, *. sldalprt, *. sldasm, and *. sldprt files. · New NAFEMS linear static benchmarks are added to the verification list. See Study Reports in the help. Analysis Advisor The Analysis Advisor in the Task Pane has been enhanced to include: · Information to assist you with loads, restraints, and contact conditions. · A database of load, restraint, and contact condition examples. You can customize the database of examples to add, edit, or remove examples. Hyperelastic Mooney-Rivlin and Ogden Material (A) You can view the constants calculated by the program when using a stress-strain curve for Mooney-Rivlin or Ogden material models for nonlinear studies. The constants are saved in a text file with the extension. log in the active result's folder for the study. SolidWorks 2008 What's New 11-2 Chapter 11 COSMOSWorks Shells Displayed by Thickness or Material You can display shells by color to identify the thickness or material of the shell. Right-click the Shells folder in the COSMOS AnalysisManager and select the appropriate option. In the image, one wall is 1" thick, the bottom is 2" thick, and the remaining walls are unassigned and therefore transparent. You can also create a mesh quality plot showing the thickness or material of the shells. To create this plot, right-click Mesh and select Create Mesh Plot. New Study Types Pressure Vessel Study (P) In a new Pressure Vessel study, you combine the results of two or more static studies to determine the worst case condition. Each static study has a different set of loads that produce corresponding results. The Pressure Vessel study combines the results of the static studies algebraically. See Pressure Vessel Studies in the help. Linear Dynamic Study (A) Static studies assume that loads are constant or applied very slowly until they reach their full values. Because of this assumption, the velocity and acceleration of each particle of the model is assumed to be zero. For many practical cases, loads are not applied slowly or they change with time or frequency. The software calculates the response of the model by accumulating the contribution of each mode to the loading environment. In most cases, only the lower modes contribute significantly to the response. The contribution of a mode depends on the load's frequency content, magnitude, direction, duration, and location. SolidWorks 2008 What's New 11-3 Chapter 11 COSMOSWorks The frequency of the highest mode included in the analysis may have to be higher than the frequencies of the loads. The mass participation factors calculated in frequency studies can help you decide how many modes to include in the analysis. As a general guideline, some codes recommend a minimum of 80% mass participation in the direction of motion. [. . . ] If you change the Routing Library folder location, the software uses the new folder location when opening existing route assemblies and their routing components. See Routing Options and Routing File Locations in the help. Auto Route The Auto Route PropertyManager and functionality have been enhanced: · Automatic Repair of Route. If, upon route creation, there is a minimum bend radius violation, the software automatically repairs the route instead of prompting you to fix it. The Undo button has been moved to the standard location at the top of the PropertyManager. [. . . ]