SOLIDWORKS Motion Course
Designed for users who would like to become productive quickly in using SOLIDWORKS Motion. This 2-days course will teach you how to use the SOLIDWORKS Motion simulation package to study the kinematics and dynamic behavior of your SOLIDWORKS assembly models.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of SOLIDWORKS and the basics of the MotionManager is required. If you are not familiar with the basics of the MotionManager, the class manager will send you a self- paced lesson that should be completed before class begins. Knowledge of basic mechanical engineering concepts is recommended.
Length: 2 days
Lesson 1: Introduction to Motion
- Simulation and Forces
- Basic Motion Analysis
- Case Study: Car Jack Analysis
- Forces
- Results
Lesson 2: Building a Motion Model and Post-processing
- Creating Local Mates
- Case Study: Crank Slider Analysis
- Mates
- Local Mates
- Power
- Plotting Kinematic Results
Lesson 3: Introduction to Contacts, Springs and Dampers
- Contact and Friction
- Case Study: Catapult
- Contact
- Contact groups
- Contact Friction
- Translational Spring
Lesson 4: Advanced contact
- Contact Forces
- Case Study: Latching Assembly
- STEP Function
- Contact: Solid Bodies
- Geometrical Description of Contacts
- Instability Points
- Modifying Result Plots
- Precise Contact
- Integrators
Lesson 5: Curve to Curve Contact
- Contact Forces
- Case Study: Geneva Mechanism
- Curve to Curve Contact
- Solid bodies vs. curve to curve contact
- Solid Bodies Contact Solution
Lesson 6: CAM Synthesis
- CAMs
- Case Study: CAM Synthesis
- Trace Path
- Exporting Trace Path Curves
Lesson 7: Motion Optimization
- Motion Optimization
- Case Study: Medical examination chair
- Sensors
- Optimization Analysis
Lesson 8: Flexible Joints
- Flexible Joints
- Case Study: System with Rigid Joints
- System with Flexible Joints
Lesson 9: Redundancies
- Redundancies
- Case Study: Door Hinges
- How to Check for Redundancies
- Typical Redundant Mechanisms
Lesson 10: Export to FEA
- Exporting Results
- Case Study: Drive Shaf
- Export of Loads
- Direct Solution in SOLIDWORKS Motion
Lesson 11: Event Based Simulation
- Event Based Simulation
- Case Study: Sorting Device
- Servo motors
- Sensors
- Task
Lesson 12: Design Project (Optional)
- Design Project
- Case Study: Surgical Shear – Part 1
- Self-Guided Problem – Part 1
- Self-Guided Problem – Part 2
- Creating the Force Function
- Force Expression
- Case Study: Surgical Shear – Part
