Yes, SOLIDWORKS has a suite of directly embedded and cloud-enabled simulation solutions. There are tools for Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), plastics injection molding, and electromagnetics simulation. Many of these tools operate inside the native SOLIDWORKS Design CAD environment, so any geometry updates instantly refresh the analysis without manual file transfer.

Cloud-enabled FEA simulation allows engineers to run FEA using remote high-performance cloud computing servers rather than relying on local hardware. This offloads intensive computations to cloud computing cores, freeing up local workstations and significantly accelerating solution times.

SOLIDWORKS cloud-enabled FEA solutions use Abaqus® software on the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform for advanced analysis that is directly connected with SOLIDWORKS Design.

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Analyst is an advanced cloud-enabled FEA analysis solution from SOLIDWORKS, powered by Abaqus technology. It is designed for simulation experts and analysts performing advanced structural and durability validation. SOLIDWORKS Simulation Analyst includes an explicit solver for advanced dynamic simulations.

Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a computational method used to simulate fluid and material flows. Instead of dividing space into a static grid, SPH represents the medium as a cloud of moving particles. This makes it ideal for capturing extreme deformations, free-surface fluid dynamics, splashes, dynamic fracturing, and high-velocity impacts without grid distortion errors.

Electromagnetic (EM) simulation calculates how low- and high-frequency electromagnetic waves interact with physical components. Integrated tools (such as Electromagnetics Engineer from SOLIDWORKS) allow engineers to evaluate EM applications like antenna performance, signal and power integrity, electromagnetic interference (EMI/EMC compliance), and motor/actuator performance directly on their 3D CAD models.

Electromagnetics Engineer is a cloud-enabled advanced simulation solution on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Powered by industry-proven SIMULIA CST Studio Suite technology, it brings full 3D electromagnetic and multiphysics analysis directly to SOLIDWORKS users. Because it maintains a live link to CAD models and leverages cloud computing, designers can optimize performance and ensure regulatory EMC/EMI compliance early in the design cycle while reducing physical prototypes.

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You don’t have to because, again, zombies aren’t real. But if zombies were real and you needed to survive an attack, using SOLIDWORKS Design to model your defenses and using SOLIDWORKS simulation solutions to test and validate your designs would be a great way to keep yourself safe.