This topic provides you with quick access to the enhancements in SOLIDWORKS Simulation API 2017.

• Service Pack 3
• Service Pack 2
• Service Pack 1
• Service Pack 0

Service Pack 3

New method and property

ICWResultsProbeManager Interface

• ICWResultsProbeManager::ShowAnnotationsOnNodesOrElems (obsoletes ICWResultsProbeManager::ShowAnnotationOnSelNodeElems)

ICWStudy Interface

• ICWStudy::NonlinearAnalysisSubType

Obsoleted method

ICWResultsProbeManager Interface

•  ICWResultsProbeManager::ShowAnnotationOnSelNodeElems (superseded by ICWResultsProbeManager::ShowAnnotationsOnNodesOrElems)

Service Pack 2

New method

ICWMeshControl Interface

• ICWMeshControl::GetEntityAt2 (obsoletes ICWMeshControl::GetEntityAt)

Obsoleted method

ICWMeshControl Interface

• ICWMeshControl::GetEntityAt (superseded by ICWMeshControl::GetEntityAt2)

Service Pack 1

New method

ICWCompositeShellOptions Interface

• ICWCompositeShellOptions::SetPlyParameters2 (obsoletes ICWCompositeShellOptions::SetPlyParameters)

Obsoleted method

ICWCompositeShellOptions Interface

• ICWCompositeShellOptions::SetPlyParameters (superseded by ICWCompositeShellOptions::SetPlyParameters2)

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 Service Pack 0

• New functionality
• New interfaces
• New methods and properties
• Obsoleted methods and properties

New functionality

Major enhancements are:

• Probe plot results. See ICWResultsProbeManager and ICWPlot::GetResultsProbeManager.
• Calculate the mass properties for a simulation study. See ICWMassPropertiesManager and ICWStudy::GetMassPropertiesManager.
• Get time taken for a study's:
  • Input phase. See ICWStudy::GetTimeTakenForInputPhase.
  • Gap iterations and contact operations. See ICWStudy::GetTimeTakenForGapIterationsAndContactOperations.
  • Input data transfer from database. See ICWStudy::GetTimeTakenForInputDataTransferFromDatabase.
  • Solution. See ICWStudy::GetTotalSolutionTime.
• Create meshes for mesh controls. See the ICWMeshControl section below.
• Get and set whether to save mesh settings without meshing. See the ICWMesh section below.
• Simultaneously edit:

• multiple contact sets and create meshes for mesh controls. See ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager and ICWStudy::MultipleContactSetsEditManager.
• multiple component contacts. See ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager and ICWStudy::MultipleComponentContactsEditManager.

• Get and set flow/thermal effects for:
  • buckling studies. See the ICWBucklingStudyOptions section below.
  • frequency studies. See the ICWFrequencyStudyOptions section below.
  • nonlinear studies. See the ICWNonLinearStudyOptions section below.
  • thermal studies. See the ICWThermalStudyOptions section below.
• Get and set gap/contact options, incompatible bonding options, flow/thermal effects, adaptive meshing options, and remarks for static studies. See the ICWStaticStudyOptions section below.
• Get and set the equation describing a force of nonuniform distribution. See the ICWForce section below.
• Get and set the equation describing a pressure of nonuniform distribution. See the ICWPressure section below.
• Get and set the suppression state of contact pairs and component contacts. See the ICWContactManager section below.
• Clear all damping ratios. See ICWDampingOptions::ClearAllDampingRatios.
• Get and set the critical damping ratio in a drop test study setup. See ICWDropTestSetup::CriticalDampingRatio.
• Get and set the load level for Design Insight plots, set the display options for stress plots, and set the component, units, and values to plot for all plots. See the ICWPlot section below.
• After analyzing a study:
  • Get a specified results plot.
  • Save the deformed shape that results from running a static or nonlinear study to a specified folder.
  • Get and set the behavior when a deformed body fails to sew into a solid object.
  • Get the definition of a specified results plot.
  • Get the deformed coordinates for a specified plot.
  • Get the radius of beams used to render beams in a result plot.
  • Run stress hot spot diagnostics.
  • Get detected stress hot spot nodes and elements.
  • Create a stress hot spot plot.
  • See the ICWResults section below. 
• Get a solid body by name, set library materials for all solid bodies in a component by component name, and set library materials for selected entities. See the ICWSolidManager section below.
• Get and set whether to save only nodal von Mises stresses or all stress components. See the ICWStudyResultOptions section below.
• Convert a specified source study to a specified target study. See ICWStudyManager::ConvertStudy.
• Add a cyclic symmetry restraint to a study. See ICWLoadsAndRestraintsManager::AddCyclicSymmetryRestraint.
• Get and set whether to reverse direction of:
  • base excitation. See the ICWBaseExcitation section below. 
  • bearing load. See the ICWBearingLoad section below.
  • centrifugal force. See the ICWCentrifugalForce section below.
  • dynamic initial condition. See the ICWDynamicInitialCondition section below.
  • gravity. See the ICWGravity section below.
  • heat flux. See the ICWHeatFlux section below.
  • heat power. See the ICWHeatPower section below.
  • pressure. See the ICWPressure section below.
  • restraint.  See the ICWRestraint section below.
• Get and set more properties of:
  • beam bodies. See the ICWBeamBody section below.
  • bearing loads. See the ICWBearingLoad section below.
  • contact components. See the ICWContactComponent section below.
  • heat fluxes. See the ICWHeatFlux section below.
  • pin connectors. See the ICWPinConnector section below.
  • plots. See the ICWPlot section below.
  • pressures. See the ICWPressure section below.

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New interfaces

ICWMassPropertiesManager Interface

• ICWMassPropertiesManager::AddBodies
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::AddBoldConnectors
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::AddDistributedMasses
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::AddPinConnectors
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::AddRemoteLoadMasses
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::Area
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::ClearAll
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::GetCenterOfMass
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::GetMomentOfInertia
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::GetMomentOfInertiaAtOutputCoordinateSystem
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::GetPrincipalAxesOfInertia
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::GetPrincipalMomentOfInertia
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::Mass
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveAllBodies
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveAllBoltConnectors
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveAllDistributedMasses
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveAllPinConnectors
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveAllRemoteLoadMasses
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveBodies
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveBoltConnectors
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveDistributedMasses
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemovePinConnectors
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::RemoveRemoteLoadMasses
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::SetCoordinateSystemName
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::SetCoordinateSystemToDefault
• ICWMassPropertiesManager::Volume

ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager Interface

• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::AddContactComponent
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::GetContactComponentsCount
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::IncludeClearance
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::IncludeShellEdgeSolidOrShellFace
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::MultipleComponentContactsBeginEdit
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::MultipleComponentContactsEndEdit
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::RemoveContactComponent
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::SetAsDefaultComponentContact
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::SetClearanceUnit
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::SetClearanceValue
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::SetContactType
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::SetFrictionValue
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::SetIncludeFriction
• ICWMultipleComponentContactsEditManager::SetMeshOption

ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager Interface

• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::AddContactSet
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::GetContactSetCount
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::MultipleContactSetsBeginEdit
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::MultipleContactSetsEndEdit
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::RemoveContactSet
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetAsDefaultContactSet
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetAxialStiffnessValue
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetClearanceUnit
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetClearanceValue
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetContactType
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetFrictionValue
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetGapType
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetIncludeFriction
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetOptions
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetResistanceType
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetResistanceUnitSystem
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetResistanceValue
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetTangentialStiffnessValue
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetWallFriction
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetWallStiffnessUnitSystem
• ICWMultipleContactSetsEditManager::SetWallType

ICWResultsProbeManager Interface

• ICWResultsProbeManager::BeginProbing
• ICWResultsProbeManager::CaptureProbedResultPlotAsPNGImage
• ICWResultsProbeManager::ClearSelectionAndAnnotations
• ICWResultsProbeManager::EndProbing
• ICWResultsProbeManager::ProbingOption
• ICWResultsProbeManager::ShowAnnotationOnSelNodeElems

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New methods and properties

ICWBaseExcitation Interface

• ICWBaseExcitation::GetExcitationReverseDirections
• ICWBaseExcitation::SetExcitationReverseDirections

ICWBeamBody Interface

• ICWBeamBody::BeamDistForMaxShearStress
• ICWBeamBody::BeamShearY
• ICWBeamBody::BeamShearZ
• ICWBeamBody::BeamTorsionalConstant
• ICWBeamBody::BeamTorsionalConstantUnit

ICWBeamManager Interface

• ICWBeamManager::GetBeamBodyByName

ICWBearingLoad Interface

• ICWBearingLoad::DistributionType
• ICWBearingLoad::UseTimeCurve
• ICWBearingLoad::XDirectionReverse
• ICWBearingLoad::YDirectionReverse

ICWBucklingStudyOptions Interface

• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::CheckFlowPressure
• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::CheckRunAsLegacy
• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::DefinedReferencePressure
• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::FlowPressureFile
• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::FlowTemperatureFile
• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::ReferencePressureOption
• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::ThermalResults
• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::ThermalStudyName
• ICWBucklingStudyOptions::TimeStep

ICWCentriFugalForce Interface

• ICWCentriFugalForce::ReverseAngAccelerationDirection
• ICWCentriFugalForce::ReverseAngVelocityDirection
• ICWCentriFugalForce::UseTimeCurve

ICWContactComponent Interface

• ICWContactComponent::ClearanceUnit
• ICWContactComponent::ClearanceValue
• ICWContactComponent::GlobalContact
• ICWContactComponent::IncludeClearance
• ICWContactComponent::IncludeShellEdgeSolidOrShellFace
• ICWContactComponent::InsertEntity
• ICWContactComponent::RemoveEntity

ICWContactManager Interface

• ICWContactManager::SuppressUnsuppressComponentContact
• ICWContactManager::SuppressUnsuppressContactPair

ICWDampingOptions Interface

• ICWDampingOptions::ClearAllDampingRatios

ICWDropTestSetup Interface

• ICWDropTestSetup::CriticalDampingRatio

ICWDynamicInitialCondition Interface

• ICWDynamicInitialCondition::GetReverseDirections
• ICWDynamicInitialCondition::SetReverseDirections

ICWForce Interface

• ICWForce::Equation (obsoletes ICWForce::GetNonUniformData and ICWForce::SetNonUniformData)
• ICWForce::EquationAngularUnit
• ICWForce::EquationCoordinateSystemType
• ICWForce::EquationLinearUnit

ICWFrequencyStudyOptions Interface

• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::CheckFlowPressure
• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::CheckRunAsLegacy
• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::DefinedReferencePressure
• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::FlowPressureFile
• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::FlowTemperatureFile
• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::ReferencePressureOption
• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::ThermalResults
• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::ThermalStudyName
• ICWFrequencyStudyOptions::TimeStep

ICWGravity Interface

• ICWGravity::ReverseDirectionAlongPlaneDir1
• ICWGravity::ReverseDirectionAlongPlaneDir2
• ICWGravity::ReverseDirectionNormalToPlane

ICWHeatFlux Interface

• ICWHeatFlux::ReverseDirection
• ICWHeatFlux::ThermostatUnits

ICWHeatPower Interface

• ICWHeatPower::ReverseDirection

ICWLoadsAndRestraintsManager Interface

• ICWLoadsAndRestraintsManager::AddCyclicSymmetryRestraint

ICWMesh Interface

• ICWMesh::SaveSettingsWithoutMeshing

ICWMeshControl Interface

• ICWMeshControl::BeamSelected
• ICWMeshControl::MinimumElementSizeForBlendedCurveMesher
• ICWMeshControl::MinNumOfElementsPerCircleForBlendedCurveMesher

ICWNonLinearStudyOptions Interface

• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::CheckFlowPressure
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::CheckRunAsLegacy
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::CheckUseTempFromThermalStudy
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::DefinedReferencePressure
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::FlowPressureFile
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::FlowTemperatureFile
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::KeepBoltPreStress
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::ReferencePressureOption
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::ThermalResults
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::ThermalStudyName
• ICWNonLinearStudyOptions::TimeStep

ICWPinConnector Interface

• ICWPinConnector::MaterialUnit
• ICWPinConnector::PoissonsRatio
• ICWPinConnector::ThermalCoefficient
• ICWPinConnector::YoungModulus

ICWPlot Interface

• ICWPlot::GetResultsProbeManager
• ICWPlot::IsoValue
• ICWPlot::SetComponentUnitAndValueByElem
• ICWPlot::SetDisplayOption

ICWPressure Interface

• ICWPressure::CoordSystemType
• ICWPressure::Equation (obsoletes ICWPressure::GetNonUniformData and ICWPressure::SetNonUniformData)
• ICWPressure::EquationAngularUnit
• ICWPressure::EquationLinearUnit
• ICWPressure::ReverseDirection

ICWRestraint Interface

• ICWRestraint::GetReverseDirections
• ICWRestraint::SetReverseDirections

ICWResults Interface

• ICWResults::CreateDeformedBody2 (obsoletes ICWResults::CreateDeformedBody)
• ICWResults::CreateStressHotSpotPlot
• ICWResults::GetBeamRadius
• ICWResults::GetDeformedBodyFailedSewOption
• ICWResults::GetDeformedCoord
• ICWResults::GetDetectedHotSpotElements
• ICWResults::GetDetectedHotSpotNodes
• ICWResults::GetPlot
• ICWResults::GetPlotDefinition
• ICWResults::RunStressHotSpotDiagnostics
• ICWResults::SetDeformedBodyFailedSewOption

ICWSolidManager Interface

• ICWSolidManager::GetSolidBodyByName
• ICWSolidManager::SetFavLibraryMaterialToAllBodiesByCompName
• ICWSolidManager::SetFavLibraryMaterialToSelectedEntities
• ICWSolidManager::SetLibraryMaterialToAllBodiesByCompName
• ICWSolidManager::SetLibraryMaterialToSelectedEntities

ICWStaticStudyOptions Interface

• ICWStaticStudyOptions::AdaptiveMethodType
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::CheckFlowPressure
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::CheckRunAsLegacy
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::DefinedReferencePressure
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::FlowPressureFile
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::FlowTemperatureFile
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::HAdaptiveAccuracyBias
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::HAdaptiveMaxNoIterations
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::HAdaptiveMeshCoarsening
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::HAdaptiveTargetAccuracy
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::IncludeRemarkInReport
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::IncompatibleBondingOption
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::NoPenetration
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::PAdaptiveConvergenceCriteria
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::PAdaptiveErrorLimit
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::PAdaptiveMaxIterations
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::PAdaptiveMaxPOrder
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::PAdaptiveStartingPOrder
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::PAdaptiveStrainEnergyErrorLimit
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::ReferencePressureOption
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::RemarkComment
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::ThermalResults
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::ThermalStudyName
• ICWStaticStudyOptions::TimeStep

ICWStudy Interface

• ICWStudy::CreateMeshForMeshControl
• ICWStudy::GetMassPropertiesManager
• ICWStudy::GetTimeTakenForGapIterationsAndContactOperations
• ICWStudy::GetTimeTakenForInputDataTransferFromDatabase
• ICWStudy::GetTimeTakenForInputPhase
• ICWStudy::GetTotalSolutionTime
• ICWStudy::MultipleComponentContactsEditManager
• ICWStudy::MultipleContactSetsEditManager

ICWStudyManager Interface

• ICWStudyManager::ConvertStudy

ICWStudyResultOptions Interface

• ICWStudyResultOptions::GetSaveStressAndReactionsOptions (obsoletes ICWStudyResultOptions::SaveReactions and ICWStudyResultOptions::SaveStresses)
• ICWStudyResultOptions::SetSaveStressAndReactionsOptions (obsoletes ICWStudyResultOptions::SaveReactions and ICWStudyResultOptions::SaveStresses)

ICWThermalStudyOptions Interface

• ICWThermalStudyOptions::CheckFlowConvectionCoef
• ICWThermalStudyOptions::FlowConvectionCoefFile

 

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Obsoleted methods and properties

ICWForce Interface

• ICWForce::GetNonUniformData (superseded by ICWForce::Equation)
• ICWForce::SetNonUniformData (superseded by ICWForce::Equation)

ICWPressure Interface

• ICWPressure::GetNonUniformData (superseded by ICWPressure::Equation)
• ICWPressure::SetNonUniformData (superseded by ICWPressure::Equation)

ICWResults Interface

• ICWResults::CreateDeformedBody (superseded by ICWResults::CreateDeformedBody2)

ICWStudyResultOptions Interface

• ICWStudyResultOptions::SaveReactions (superseded by ICWStudyResultOptions::GetSaveStressAndReactionsOptions and ICWStudyResultOptions::SetSaveStressAndReactionsOptions)
• ICWStudyResultOptions::SaveStresses (superseded by ICWStudyResultOptions::GetSaveStressAndReactionsOptions and ICWStudyResultOptions::SetSaveStressAndReactionsOptions)

 

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