SolidWorks Simulation: Isolate One or More Elements

Simulation
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Hi all

Is it possible with SolidWorks simulation to isolate the results of one or more elements of a calculated model (part(s) or subassembly(s))? If so, how can we do it?

Thank you in advance.

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Hello stephane.yvart_1,
It's been a while since I had this training, which I really practice very little, so here are some documents to help a little=>
Simulation_Instructor_WB_2011_FRA.pdf (3.9 MB)
Leçon3.pdf (1.6 MB)
Lesson03.zip (19.4 MB)

Good luck and good reading.
@+.
AR.

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Hello A.R.,

I have gone through the documents but I have not found anything that answers my question.
On the other hand, on other subjects there seems to be interesting information on these documents (the Simulation_Instructor in particular); I'm going to look at that in more detail.
Thank you for the doc :wink:
@+

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Hello stephane.yvart_1,

Ok perfect let me know if you have trouvé...@+.
AR.

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Re Hello A.R.,

I have the solution: SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Display a plot only on selected entities
Apparently the option is not available in the constraint plot created at the base; For my part, I had to recreate a 2nd plot of constraints and there the option is available.
A priori, it is not possible to select the piece(s) for which you want to see only the results; You have to select each body of these parts one by one. It's a bit long but at least it's possible :slight_smile:

Have a good end of the day. @+

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HELLO !! stephane.yvart_1,
Thank you very much for your feedback.
@+.
AR.

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Hello

It's possible: just hide the parts you don't want to see in the 3D, then switch to the simulation tab to show a new track (and then possibly go back to the previous track if it was the one you wanted to watch).
With this technique you choose precisely the parts/body whose results you want to see.
Very practical for contact management vectors because it is quickly unreadable when there are more than 2 pieces

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Hello

Indeed it goes much faster.
On the other hand, do the hidden elements still take into account in the results? If not, either:

  • The maximum constraint is on the "visible" part (so the one I'm interested in) and in this case hiding the components upstream actually simplifies your life
  • The maximum constraint is located on the masked part and in this case I don't have the maximum value I'm interested in (on the screen I have a maximum value pointing in a vacuum, in short) nor the corresponding constraint scale.
    On the other hand, if the hidden parts are not taken into account, it's perfect.

Thank you for this information in any case :slight_smile:

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Normally it doesn't change the default scales: you stay between the 0 and the maximum calculated on the model.
It's up to you to modify the display settings so that the view is more meaningful to you (change the maximum constraint value manually for example)