{"id":51,"date":"2013-04-02T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/solidworks-simulation-time-saver-sub-modeling"},"modified":"2013-07-22T16:09:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T16:09:01","slug":"solidworks-simulation-time-saver-sub-modeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2013\/04\/solidworks-simulation-time-saver-sub-modeling.html","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks Simulation Time Saver: Sub Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Submodeling transfers the displacements from a global model to the border of selected submodel bodies. This is available for linear or nonlinear static studies.<\/p>\n

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\nThe faster we can simulate, the more options we can validate. With the 2013 SolidWorks release, submodeling was introduced for the Simulation Professional<\/a> and Simulation Premium<\/a> packages. Submodeling transfers the displacements from a global model to the border of selected submodel bodies. This is available for linear or nonlinear static studies.<\/p>\n

The value of submodeling is that if we are very interested in a specific portion of a larger assembly, we only need to re-run a portion of our simulation model.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you might have learned in our Intro to Simulation course (CAE 205<\/a>), displacement is not nearly as sensitive to stress with respect to mesh size<\/em>. The benefit is that we can run our global model very coarse and then we can re-run our submodel on its own with a very fine mesh to capture fine details in our model.<\/p>\n

In addition to mesh changes, we can make modifications to the sub model geometry. However<\/strong>, we should be aware that if our local changes will substantially affect the global stiffness of the whole model, we should go back and validate on the full model after iterating. I will show you how to check this in the video below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Continue on to the video and the rest of this tutorial:<\/strong> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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