In my webcast today on Event-Based Simulation I showed how SolidWorks revolutionizes the way controls and CAD modeling work together. This approach allows you to directly integrate your models with the behaviors you desire, bringing mechanical and electrical design to the forefront while maintaining machine controls flexibility. EBS accomplishes this in a novel way: instead of defining specific times for events, you can start and stop each event in relation to one another. This translates into major savings. Companies can make and modify products in simulation rather than after manufacturing and can avoid a costly rework of the design process.
During today’s webcast I discovered how you can extract detailed quantities relating to components in the design. For example when an simulation is running, you can choose the “results” button on the MotionManager toolbar and then choose a motor component in the MotionManager tree. The selection choices are myriad to say the least. One selection most machine designers are concerned with is Power Consumption, so that they can pick the right sized motor or actuator to handle the movement of a component.
Another possibility is running a static stress analysis during and event-based simulation run. A user can choose to run the static analysis on one or more components during the event simulation. Users can specify if they want to run the simulation during the entire motion run (which may take a while) or choose to run the static study during a small portion of the motion run, during a critical time. This critical time can of course be found by adding a “result” plot to the component in question and running the static study only during the peak of acceleration or power consumption. To learn more, please contact us here at CAPINC.
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