Orientation
Click Normal To (View Orientation flyout – Heads-up View toolbar...If you click Normal To again, the model flips 180 ° See Orienting a Model to XYZ Coordinates for another way to display a model in Normal To view...Click Normal To (View Orientation flyout – Heads-up View toolbar...
SolidWorks Fundamentals > Display > Manipulating Views
Output of Linear Static Analysis
... reaction force EPSX = X Normal strain...EPSY = Y Normal strain...EPSZ = Z Normal strain GMXY = Shear ...
Simulation > Analysis Background > Linear Static Analysis
Wrap Feature
The sketch plane must be tangent to the face, allowing the face normal and the sketch normal to be parallel at the closest point...For a plane, the pull direction is normal to the plane...To wrap the sketch normal to the sketch plane, leave Pull Direction blank
Parts and Features > Features > Wrap
Applying Pressure
The program applies pressure loads normal to each face...Select: Normal to selected face to apply the pressure in the direction normal to each selected face
SimulationXpress > Using SolidWorks SimulationXpress > Applying Loads
. Normal To is normal (perpendicular) to the sketch plane or the selected plane. To access the ...
Moving from 2D to 3D > Moving from 2D to 3D > User Interface
Example of Boundary Surface Alignment
... section normal...Aligns the boundary surface iso parameters normal to the selected curve. Align with ...
Allow Reduced Angle Option
The normal of one or more side faces adjacent to the edge and the faces being drafted is nearly perpendicular to the Direction of Pull...model type and condition, select the Allow reduced angle check box when the maximum angle between the pull direction and the normal of the steep face...The red arrow represents the surface normal at its maximum angle to the pull
Performance Settings
Performance Options – High quality for normal view mode...Performance Options – High quality for normal view mode
Applying Forces
Select: Normal to apply the force in the direction normal to each selected face...Selected direction to apply the specified force value to each face in the direction of its normal
Reference Triad
... an axis See the view normal to the screen...Select an axis that is normal to the screen Change the ...
User Interface > Graphics Area
Extrude Direction Along Vector
You can extrude 2D and 3D sketches normal to the face, or you can select a Direction of Extrusion
Example of Rib Feature Sketches
Rib feature applied using Normal to Sketch as the Extrusion direction...Rib feature applied using Normal to Sketch as the Extrusion direction
Edit Sketch Message PropertyManager
In new sketches, the plane rotates into Normal to orientation and you can proceed with the sketch.
Contact/Friction Force
Normal and friction forces develop on faces of components with No Penetration, Shrink Fit and Virtual Wall contact types...Normal...This total force is the resultant of the Normal and Friction forces calculated at each node of the selected entities
Simulation > Viewing Results > Listing Results
Viewing Results for Edge Weld Connectors
You can also view weld results along the weld seam such as: weld size, weld throat size, normal force, shear-weld axis force, shear-surface normal
What's New > Simulation > Connectors > Edge Weld Connectors (Professional)
Plane Properties PropertyManager
Controls the angle between the projection of the normal on the x-y plane and the X direction...Controls the angle between the normal and it's projection on the x-y plane
Sketching > 3D Sketching
Decals Mapping Projection
Projection mapping places the decal on a plane normal to the view and projects the each pixel of the image in a straight, parallel ray to match the...edge, a reference plane is created normal to axis or edge at its end point
Ply Angle
and the Z direction is normal to the ply surface...The green arrow is aligned normal to the surface stripes...The blue arrow is normal to the surface
Simulation > Composite Shells
Drawing Documents
... operations Load, rebuild performance normal...normal...normal Appearance normal feather on drawing view
Detailing and Drawings > Drawings > Types of Drawing Documents
Parting Surface PropertyManager
Sets the parting surface normal to the surface of the parting line...Reverse Alignment (Available for Normal to surface when two faces adjacent to the parting edge are almost parallel.) Changes the face to which the...For Tangent to surface or Normal to surface.) Sets the angle from perpendicular to the direction of pull
Mold Design > Parting Surfaces
Displaying Annotation Views
Displays the annotation view normal to its plane...Displays the annotations contained in the selected view and displays the annotation view normal to its plane
Detailing and Drawings > Annotations
Plotting Principal Stresses
The state of stresses at a point is completely defined by normal and shear stress components in reference to an orthogonal coordinate system XYZ...and the state of stresses is completely defined by 3 normal stress components...These 3 normal stress components are referred to as principal stresses
Simulation > Viewing Results > Plotting Results
Orthotropic Material
...grain (fiber) direction; the radial axis (2) is normal to the growth rings; and the tangential axis...
SimulationXpress > Using SolidWorks SimulationXpress > Assigning Material > Using a Custom Material
Bearing Loads for Circular Holes in Shells
The bearing force acts normal to the selected edges or faces and has the following distributions:
What's New > Simulation > Connectors
Example of Linear and Natural Ribs
part. Linear. The rib extends normal to the direction of the end contour until it meets a boundary. ...