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Welcome to SOLIDWORKS Simulation Help

Getting Help

Access to Help	Lists ways to access help for SOLIDWORKS Simulation^®, as well as hints for searching. See Accessing Help.
What's New	Introduces concepts and provides step-by-step examples for many new features. Click > What's New > PDF or > What's New > HTML.
SOLIDWORKS Administration Guides	Access administration documents by release and language. See SOLIDWORKS Administration Guides.
Release Notes	Describes new and changed functionality of each Service Pack. Click > Release Notes.
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Getting Started with SOLIDWORKS Simulation

Simulation Tutorials	To perform a step-by-step example using SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Click > SOLIDWORKS Simulation > Tutorials.
Simulation Reference	Links you to important simulation concepts. See SOLIDWORKS Simulation Reference.
Simulation Advisor	For assistance during analysis studies: Click Study > Fixtures > External Loads > Connections or Study > Fixtures > External Loads > Results and select the corresponding Advisor.
Simulation Validation	To view verification problems and compare results of simulation studies to known analytical solutions: Click > SOLIDWORKS Simulation > Validation > Verification Problems and > SOLIDWORKS Simulation > Validation > NAFEMS Benchmarks .
Analysis Research	For resources and links to the online knowledge base: Click Simulation > Research.

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