Opening the Model and Defining a Nonlinear Study

  1. Browse to drive letter:\Users\Public\Public Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS version\samples\Simulation Examples\Nonlinear\NL_Clip_Assembly.SLDASM and open the file.
  2. Create a nonlinear static study.
  3. Right-click the study and select Properties.
  4. 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 to 0.1.
  5. 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.