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Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Videos
Instructional videos for SimSolid Cloud.
Geometry
Information about treatment and properties of geometric entities in SimSolid Cloud.
Assembly
Summary of available functionality for defining the properties and behavior of parts in the model.
Connections
Connections are used to define the association of different regions of interest between parts in an assembly.
Add Analysis
Create an analysis for your project.
Boundary Conditions
Boundary conditions available for SimSolid Cloud.
- Constraints
  Restrict or limit movement in specific regions of the model.
- Pressure Load
  Apply positive pressure towards a face or negative pressure outwards from a face.
- Force/Displacement
  Apply a total force to selected part faces or spots.
- Gravity Load
  Apply a uniformly distributed body load over the volumes of parts of an assembly.
- Remote Load
  Apply distributed loads (tractions) to faces and/or spots that are statistically equivalent to a load applied on a single point.
- Bearing Load
  Apply sinusoidal varying pressure loads to faces of revolution.
- Bolt and Nut Tightening Loads
  Bolt forces can be applied to bolt and nut geometries in SimSolid.
  - Verify Bolts
    Verify that bolts, nuts, or washers are identified by SimSolid Cloud.
  - Add Bolt/Nut Tightening Load
    Simulate pre-tensioning by applying loads directly to 3D bolts and nuts.
  - View Bolt/Nut Tightening Forces
    View simulation results for bolt/nut tightening loads.
- Inertia Loads
  An inertia load is a body load uniformly distributed over the volumes of the parts in an assembly.
- Distributed Mass
  Apply distributed mass across select faces.
- Hydrostatic Pressure
  Define pressure exerted by a fluid at equilibrium.
- Thermal Load
  Use thermal analysis results in a structural static analysis as a thermal load.
- Temperature
  Specify a constant fixed temperature on one or more groups of part faces.
- Heat Flux
  Specify rate of heat energy transfer through a given surface per unit of time.
- Volumetric Heat
  Specify internal heat generation (heat sources) and internal heat absorption (heat sinks) in a given part volume.
- Convection
  Specify the convection coefficient and ambient temperature on a given set of faces.
Post Processing
Run analyses and view a variety of results in SimSolid Cloud.
Design Study
Design studies allow you to quickly evaluate and compare the structural performance from different design scenarios.

View Bolt/Nut Tightening Forces

View simulation results for bolt/nut tightening loads.

Bolts tightening creates full 3D stresses. During animation, the bolts turn as specified in the input dialog. The deformation may be elongated at the ends, This is just due to the exaggerated deformation scaling and should not be considered unusual.

In the Project Tree, expand the Results branch for your analysis.
Click Bolt/nut forces to open the Bolt/nut forces dialog.

Figure 1.
In the dialog or the modeling window, select a bolt or nut.
The Force and moments are shown in the Legend.

Figure 2.
Display additional columns with Force and Moment in the Bolt/nut forces dialog.
1. In the dialog, click on a column head.
2. Select the additional columns to display.
3. Drag the edges of the dialog to resize.
4. Select any column head to sort the table.
Figure 3.