Input Variables

• Click Add Simulation Parameter .

  To vary input parameters, select the corresponding parameters from the Add Parameter list.

  The following parameters can be used as variable input parameters:

  • parameters specified in the General Settings as physical features characteristics or as default parameters (default wall temperature, default wall roughness) or as ambient conditions for external analyses (pressure, density, temperature, velocity),

  • parameters specified as the Boundary Condition (velocity, mass/volume flow rate, pressure, temperature, etc.),

  • parameters specified at the model surfaces and in the solid components as conditions of the engineering device models (see “Input Data” for a list of currently available engineering devices),

  • parameters specified as characteristics of the Global Mesh and the Local Meshes;

  Note:

  Note that not all of the parameters are supported for the parametric study; parameters that are not supported are automatically filtered out from the Add Parameter list.

  When a parameter is added to the variables list, it is removed from the Add Parameter list.

• Click Add Equation  to select the existing SOLIDWORKS equation and select the parameter specified by using this equation (dependency) from the list.

  The SOLIDWORKS dependency allows to define dimensions using global variables and mathematical functions, and create mathematical relationships between two or more dimensions in parts and assemblies.

• Click Add Dimension Parameter  to select particular model dimensions or distance mates:

  • To select a model dimension, make sure the desired dimension is displayed in the graphics area, then select it in the graphics area, select the dimension you want to vary.

  • To select a distance mate in assemblies, double-click the mate.

  Tip

  The computational mesh will be different in each calculation performed in accordance with the model geometry governed by the dimension value. Therefore you should ensure that you would have enough mesh resolution in the region of interest for each calculation, i.e. at any dimension value within the specified range. For that, the local mesh settings can be used. You can also mate the component representing the local region with the dimension dependent component so that the local mesh settings will move together with the component of interest.

  Note:

  Note, that if the geometry model is modified during the calculation, all variable dimensions and mates will be reset to their default values after finishing the calculation.

• Click Add Design Table Parameter  to select parameters of the existing Design Table and select the dimension or the mate from the list.

  Note:

  Note, that you can add dimensions or mates specified in the top assembly only.

  Note, that if the geometry model is modified during the calculation, all variable dimensions and mates will be reset to their default values after finishing the calculation.

Click  to add the selected parameters to the Parameter list, click  to cancel the selection.

To remove the parameter from the variables list, select the corresponding row in the Parameter list and click Remove Parameter  or right-click the row and select Delete.

Click  to apply the selected values, click  to cancel the definition.

To include variable parameters in a group (where applicable), select two or more parameters and then click Combine  or right-click and select Combine.