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(continued...) By defining multiple values for each parameter, analyses can be batch processed allowing design variants to be rapidly compared.
Although constraints are applied directly to the model, analyses rely on generation of a mesh.
If the default mesh fails, multiple mesh iterations of different element size are attempted automatically.
The number of iterations and allowable element size variation can be defined.
In assemblies where parts can vary considerably in size, mesh quality is improved by the automatic definition of appropriate element size.
Visualisation of results has been improved in a number of ways.
Deformed shapes can be superimposed over the original model with control over colour and transparency of the SolidWorks part to achieve the desired effect.
Similarly the remainder of a part can be shown semi transparent in a section view and parts can be selected for inclusion in an assembly plot, allowing results to be viewed in context.
Contact and frictional forces can be plotted or listed for an entire assembly or selected faces in any defined coordinate system.
The position, number format, font and background transparency of the legend plot can be customised and maximum and minimum values are automatically superimposed onto the model.