Design Validation
SolidWorks Simulation lets you test products for defects before they’re built, helping prevent errors early in the design process. It's powerful enough for trained FEA analysts, yet easy enough for product designers. SolidWorks Simulation can even help you optimize your designs for maximum performance and savings.
SolidWorks Simulation opens in the SolidWorks user interface, so there's no need to launch multiple applications. You can subject your designs to the same conditions they'll face in the real world, including stresses, impact, heat, airflow, and more. There's no need to wait until a product has been manufactured to start testing, or go through multiple physical prototypes.
You can use SolidWorks Simulation to answer questions such as
- will moving parts clash or interfere with one another?
- how much weight can a product carry?
- how much will a part deform under specific stresses?
- will heat and air circulate through the design properly?
- will it survive a fall?
If you haven't been using Simulation tools because you think they require a Ph.D. in physics, it's time to take another look. SolidWorks Simulation is easy enough for any designer to use, but still powerful enough to provide real, meaningful results.
Core Simulation capabilities are included with every license of SolidWorks Premium, and additional capabilities can be added as you need them. Three upgrades are available: Simulation Professional, Simulation Premium, and Flow Simulation.
SolidWorks Simulation
Included with SolidWorks Premium, SolidWorks Simulation includes the core tools you should be using to test your designs, whether you're new to analysis or a seasoned pro.
SolidWorks Simulation Professional
Take your design validation to the next level with SolidWorks Simulation Professional. Now you can subject your designs to real-world stresses, helping you shorten the prototype cycle and get products to market faster.
SolidWorks Simulation Premium
SolidWorks® Simulation Premium brings highly-advanced finite element analysis (FEA) functions to designers and engineers at a fraction of high-end FEA software costs, and with none of the complexity.
SolidWorks Flow Simulation
SolidWorks® Flow Simulation is the first and easiest fluid-flow simulation and thermal analysis program fully embedded within SolidWorks software.
SolidWorks SimulationXpress
SolidWorks SimulationXpress is a first-pass analysis tool. It's included with every license of SolidWorks Standard and Professional, and gives you the ability to do basic stress analysis on individual parts.
