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Opening the Model and Defining a Nonlinear Study

Browse to drive letter:\Users\Public\Public Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS version\samples\Simulation Examples\Nonlinear\NL_Clip_Assembly.SLDASM and open the file.
Create a nonlinear static study.
Right-click the study and select Properties.
In the Nonlinear-Static dialog box, make sure of the following settings on the Solution tab:
1. End time is set to 1.
2. Time increment is set to Automatic (autostepping).
3. Min is set to 1e-08 and Max is set to0.1.
Set the following:
1. On the Solution tab, type 0.1 for Initial time increment.
2. Under Solver Selection, select Intel Direct sparse solver.
3. Click Advanced Options and type 0 for the Singularity elimination factor (0-1).
4. Click OK.

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