From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Simulation for Finite Element Analysis
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Preparing the geometry overview - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Simulation for Finite Element Analysis
Preparing the geometry overview
- [Instructor] The CAD geometry in SolidWorks is the definitive representation of the component. However, when we create the FE analysis, we need additional definition of both geometry and coordinate systems to be able to apply loads and boundary conditions. This video gives an overview of how and why we want to manipulate the CAD geometry further. I've opened the SolidWorks model of the con rod, we can see the geometry in its as delivered state, coming from the CAD. When we review this geometry to see how applicable it is going to be for the FEA workflow, we can break it down into three task areas, loading, boundary conditions, and meshing. We'll go and look at the little end. The loading is going to be applied at the little end shown here. We're going to have the two load cases, one in tension, and one in compression. The loading is going to be applied as a pressure distribution on the inside of the bearing face of the little end. We're going to use conventional engineering…
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