![]() 04/05/2017 at 15:40 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
I’ve been putting together a model in SolidWorks Simulation since last Friday and I’m just now getting information out of it that matches the real world. What a pain in the ass.
Granted, we spent 5 minutes on FEA in school, with Inventor, and all my training on SW Sim has been between The School of Google and “I dunno, try this... ”
Razzle frazzin’ FMVSS shite.
/rant
An old school Road Runner for your trouble:
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Surprise, you’re migrating to CATIA V
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*Chaparral.
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Ugh. pair CATIA with TeamCenter and watch your system slow to a Java-infested crawl.
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Indeed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrunner
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For a while I was just over-engineering because I wasn’t making things very expensive and as long as SolidworksSimulation says FOS is 5X my requirement it’s all good right? Wrong.
Then, when I learned more about FEA and started comparing my results to the professional FEA group at work, I finally understood and started getting results I trust.
Learning is great, so is having the time and money to do so, but jeez I wish I could have had more class time.
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Congrats, you’ve discovered what Garbage-In, Garbage-Out means.