Creating a Steady State Thermal Study

  1. Browse to drive letter:\Users\Public\Public Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS version\samples\Simulation Examples\Thermal\Computer_chip.SLDASM and open the file.
  2. Click New Study (Simulation CommandManager).
  3. Under Advanced Simulation, click Thermal .
  4. In the PropertyManager under Name, enter SteadyState.
  5. Click .
  6. To verify the type of the thermal study:
    1. In the Simulation study tree, right-click the study icon and click Properties.
    2. In the dialog box, on the Options tab under Solution type, verify that Steady state is selected.
    3. Click OK.