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Why Simcenter Simsolid?

Simcenter Simsolid is a game-changing simulation and structural analysis tool for designers and engineers. By eliminating geometry preparation and meshing, structural performance can be validated within minutes on fully featured CAD assemblies, saving time and reducing errors. Simcenter Simsolid allows teams to bring quality products to market faster and stay ahead of the competition.

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Eliminate prep work and focus on analysis

Streamline your workflow by eliminating the need for geometry simplification and meshing. Simcenter Simsolid eliminates two of the most time-consuming and error-prone steps in traditional structural analysis.

Analyze large, complex assemblies with ease

Designed for speed and scalability, Simcenter Simsolid handles complex parts and large assemblies with exceptional efficiency, including those with rough contact surfaces, gaps or overlapping geometry.

Get results in minutes to seconds

Simcenter Simsolid delivers accurate results in seconds to minutes on a standard PC. Quickly compare multiple design scenarios. Improve speed, accuracy, and usability for simulation-driven design across a wide range of industries.

Featured capabilities

Full range of analysis types

Simcenter Simsolid offers linear and nonlinear statics, thermal analysis, modal analysis, fatigue analysis and stress linearization. It also supports dynamic analysis simulations, including time, frequency, global-local, buckling, composites, squeak and rattle, thermal stress and random response, enabling fast and comprehensive structural evaluation.

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Extensive library of connections and materials

Supports bonded, sliding and separating contacts with friction, along with bolts, virtual connectors, welds, rivets, adhesives, joints and bushings. Simcenter Simsolid also handles a wide range of material types, including isotropic, orthotropic, elasto-plastic, rigid materials, gas and liquid bodies.

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Variety of boundary conditions

Simulate how a design interacts with its environment including: immovable, sliding, hinge, force, pressure, gravity, thermal, inertial loads, inertia relief, bolt/nut tightening, hydrostatic, bearing, volumetric expansion and shrinkage, distributed and remote mass and remote loads.

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Open and interoperable with all major CAD systems

Supports all major CAD and PLM file formats, including CATIA, NX, PTC Creo, Inventor, Fusion 360, SOLIDWORKS, JT, STEP, VDA, Parasolid, ACIS, PLMXML, CGR and STL without the need to import/export files. It also offers direct integration with Onshape and Teamcenter for seamless data access.

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Output data and visualizations

View various result types using contour plots, animations, XY plots, probes and detailed data on stress, strain, displacement, safety factors, modal frequencies, mode shapes and participation factors. Results can be displayed across datum planes or cut sections, with support for superposition and envelope of multiple load cases.

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