Motion Loads from SolidWorks Motion
SolidWorks Simulation reads motion loads directly from SolidWorks Motion
database. You can import loads at a single frame or multiple frames. When
requesting multiple frames, SolidWorks Simulation creates a Design
Study with the gravity loads along X, Y, and Z directions and
the loads due to angular velocity and angular acceleration as the variables.
You can then type required values for these variables. By default, the
program creates constraints depending on the defined sensors and selects
the Monitor Only option.
To import motion loads from SolidWorks Motion database:
Click Simulation,
Import Motion Loads.
Select assembly component(s).
You cannot import to Simulation
motion loads from components in a subassembly.
Select Single
Frame Study or Multiple Frame
Study (Design Scenarios).
If you select Single
Frame Study, specify the Frame
No.
If you select Multiple
Frame Study (Design Scenarios), specify the Start,
End frame numbers and Step.
Click OK.
The program creates a study with the name
CM-ALT-Frame - <Number>
in each selected component, where Number
refers to the specified frame number for a Single
Frame Study and start-end-step number for Multiple
Frame Study. For multiple frames, the software creates a Non-Optimization
Design Study . The software activates the Use Inertial Relief
option in the properties of the study automatically.
To evaluate results for a component, open the
part document of the component.
If you imported loads from a single motion frame,
right-click the static study associated with the frame and select Run. If you imported loads from multiple
motion frames, modify the static study if needed, set the values of variables
and constraints and run the Design Study.