Set up your model and run a structural analysis or optimization.
Create connections and apply loads, constraints, materials, and manufacturing controls to your model.
Apply manufacturing constraints using shape controls and bead patterns.
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Create and modify sketch curves, PolyNURBS, surfaces, and solids.
Create polymesh objects from other types of geometry and results.
Quickly create free-form solid geometry that is smooth and continuous.
Create and define connections such as fasteners, joints, connectors, spot welds, and contacts.
Apply loads and supports, displacements, accelerations, gravity, temperatures, and concentrated masses.
Create materials, assign materials to parts, and organize them into libraries.
Use the Masses tool to create a concentrated mass either on a part or at a point in space.
Use the Systems tool to create and apply user-defined coordinate systems to loads, supports, and displacements.
Use the Shape Controls to apply optional constraints to your model such as draw directions or symmetry.
Beads are used to help meet specific design requirements such as stiffness when running a topography optimization on a surface.
Use mesh controls to assign an element size to parts or faces.
Set up and run a linear static analysis using the SimSolid or OptiStruct solver. You can also analyze normal modes and buckling modes.
Set up and run a topology, topography, gauge, or lattice optimization.
Set up and run a motion analysis, plot the results, and export the results.
Preapare and run an additive manufacturing simulation, and export a file for 3D printing.
Set up and run a basic porosity or thinning analysis.
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