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SOLIDWORKS Plastics
Save the deformed body as a new configuration or a new part file. Use the Advanced
Export to access alternative export formats, such as Surfaces and Tessellated body,
to recreate geometry from a deformed shape.
Product designers can use this functionality to evaluate a part’s deformed shape and
assembly fit requirements, while mold designers can size the mold accurately.
Designers of plastic optical lenses can use Body from Deformed Shape in their optical
simulations to evaluate the effect of manufacturing-induced deformation on the
performance of the lens.
Domains Node
The Domains node in the PlasticsManager tree lists the part bodies participating in the
analysis and their domain classification.
The domain classification choices available for a study depend on the type of Injection
Process and Analysis Procedure defined when creating a new study. For a Shell
analysis procedure, the domain choice is limited to Cavity. For a Solid analysis procedure,
the domain choices are: Cavity, Runner, Cooling Channel, Mold, and Insert.
The available domain choices depend on the installed SOLIDWORKS Plastics license.
Notes:
• You can select multiple part bodies to assign the same domain type, which is useful
for models with a large number of bodies.
• You can access the Runner Design, Cooling Channel, and Virtual Mold PropertyManagers
to create these features.
• You can assign the Order in which the cavities are injected for two-shot overmolding
or multishot overmolding designs.
• You can exclude bodies from the analysis.
Before generating the mesh, every part body listed in the Domains node requires a
domain assignment. You can exclude bodies that do not participate in the Plastics
simulation by selecting Exclude from Analysis.
Enhanced Solid Mesh (Auto) Workflow
The Solid Mesh (Auto) workflow is enhanced to create hybrid meshes for single and
multi-material models.
Hybrid meshes, which are composed of a mixture of prism elements at the surface and
tetrahedral elements to fill the volume of a part, are best suited for analyses. In previous
releases, the Solid Mesh (Auto) algorithm created marching hexahedral meshes.
A good-quality watertight surface mesh is a prerequisite for the successful creation of a
hybrid mesh. If the hybrid mesh creation fails, the Solid Mesh (Auto) algorithm reverts
to creating a marching hexahedral mesh.
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