{"id":51158,"date":"2022-12-19T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=51158"},"modified":"2022-12-07T15:39:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T20:39:52","slug":"3dexperience-works-simulation-for-solidworks-users-a-material-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2022\/12\/3dexperience-works-simulation-for-solidworks-users-a-material-consideration.html","title":{"rendered":"3DEXPERIENCE Works Simulation for SOLIDWORKS Users: A Material Consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Works portfolio provdies SOLIDWORKS users with access to many powerful software applications, many of which are not available on the desktop alone. These advanced simulation applications can help SOLIDWORKS users evolve their use of simulation beyond validating designs to driving the design itself using simulation.<\/p>\n<p>In the video below, you will see how <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Works Simulation applications can easily be integrated into a SOLIDWORKS user&#8217;s workflow by allowing them to import their existing libraries of custom SOLIDWORKS materials into the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform as native <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE core materials. These <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE core materials have properties defined not only for SOLIDWORKS Simulation but also for the simulation apps in the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Works portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Please enjoy the video\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Custom SOLIDWORKS Materials to the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7i0LLMuDQ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this video, I first talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/help.3ds.com\/2023x\/english\/dsdoc\/matusermap\/mat-c-corecoveringmat.htm?contextscope=cloud&amp;highlight=core+and+covering&amp;id=46dd34963743414d922940f7701b0496&amp;analyticsContext=search-result&amp;analyticsSearch=core%20and%20covering&amp;myapp=false\">Core and Covering materials<\/a> on the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform. A <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Core material is analogous to a SOLIDWORKS material. It defines the physical properties of the material (things such as density, elastic modulus, poisson\u2019s ratio\u2026). A Core material is required to run a simulation. A <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Covering material is analogous to a SOLIDWORKS appearance. A Covering material defines what the model looks like or what covers the model. Consider an aluminum part covered with blue powder coat paint. You would define the blue powder coat pain as a Covering material. These materials are used by all <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform applications to define the physical and visual properties of your designs.<\/p>\n<p>After reviewing Core and Covering materials we will look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.3ds.com\/2023x\/english\/dsdoc\/MatUserMap\/mat-c-ov.htm?contextscope=cloud&amp;id=f0ae9893dbf44feab3d8cf4fbebdd1aa\">Material Definition<\/a> application, which is used to define the simulation domain of a Core Material. The application is included with many roles on the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform, e.g. the roles focusing on simulation. In the example used in this video, Material Definition is accessed through the SIMULIA Structural Designer role. It is in the Material Definition application that you can create a new <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Core or Covering material. It is also through the Material Definition application that you can import SOLIDWORKS materials databases (in the *.sldmat format) to create <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Core materials with a simulation domain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/marlong_blog_materials-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To allow for full utilization of these materials across all simulation applications, accessed by SOLIDWORKS users, both the SOLIDWORKS Simulation material properties and their corresponding Abaqus material properties are written to the simulation domain of the Core materials created during import. Abaqus is the name of the SIMULIA solver, or engine, behind SIMULIA\u2019s powerful <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Works Portfolio structural simulation applications.<\/p>\n<p>The last part of the video shows how the newly imported custom SOLIDWORKS materials can be used to easily run a simulation in the Linear Structural Validation application (SIMULIA\u2019S structural simulation app included in the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Works Structural Designer role).<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that these materials imported to the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform can be applied in all applications that use Core materials with a simulation domain. This includes SOLIDWORKS <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Connected. To be able to apply <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Core materials in SOLIDWORKS <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Connected, an administrator on your tenant will need to follow the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/help.3ds.com\/2023x\/english\/dsdoc\/SwsUserMap\/sws-t-materialmgmt.htm?contextscope=cloud\">Mastered Materials<\/a>\u201d workflow. This will deploy all <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Core materials into the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Materials.sldmat database in SOLIDWORKS. When a material from the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Materials.sldmat database is applied to a SOLIDWORKS model, that model will be linked to the corresponding Core material on the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform.<\/p>\n<p>You can explore all of our Simulation solutions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/domain\/simulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. You can also learn more about simulation by attending breakout sessions during our upcoming user event, <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World 2023 in Nashville, February 12-15. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dexperienceworld.com\/event\/183e8765-55d4-4b1b-a738-755f833722e8\/websitePage:2bcb3ace-fbe9-40cc-9c37-c28f3775aaae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to register or click on the banner below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dexperienceworld.com\/event\/183e8765-55d4-4b1b-a738-755f833722e8\/websitePage:2bcb3ace-fbe9-40cc-9c37-c28f3775aaae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51002 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2023_3DXW23_Blog_REGISTER-TODAY_961x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2023_3DXW23_Blog_REGISTER-TODAY_961x250-1.jpg 961w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2023_3DXW23_Blog_REGISTER-TODAY_961x250-1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2023_3DXW23_Blog_REGISTER-TODAY_961x250-1-615x160.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2023_3DXW23_Blog_REGISTER-TODAY_961x250-1-768x200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2023_3DXW23_Blog_REGISTER-TODAY_961x250-1-728x189.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch and learn how SOLIDWORKS users can evolve their use of simulation beyond validating designs to driving the design itself using simulation.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2022\/12\/3dexperience-works-simulation-for-solidworks-users-a-material-consideration.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":640,"featured_media":51156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2933,3285,563,826,2921,2955,18],"tags":[2062,3055,4005,3148,4004,399,153,1525,19,476],"class_list":["post-51158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3dexperience","category-3dexperienceworks","category-cloud-computing","category-dassault-systmes","category-simulia-structural-simulation-engineer","category-simuliaworks","category-solidworks","tag-3dexperience-platform","tag-abaqus","tag-core-materials","tag-design-validation","tag-material-definition","tag-materials","tag-simulation","tag-simulia","tag-solidworks-2","tag-validation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51158"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51170,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51158\/revisions\/51170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}