{"id":242850,"date":"2022-12-03T20:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/updated-imported-geometry-from-cad-solidworks-spaceclaim\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T20:46:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T20:46:51","slug":"updated-imported-geometry-from-cad-solidworks-spaceclaim","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/updated-imported-geometry-from-cad-solidworks-spaceclaim\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated imported geometry from CAD (SolidWorks &amp; SpaceClaim)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I encountered a &#8220;general&#8221; problem when using SpaceClaim for model preparation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I first have my SolidWorks model, used for design and making drawings etc. When I want to run an analysis I import the file to ANYS workbench and open it with SpaceClaim. In SpaceClaim, I&#8217;m doing simplifications, midsurfacing etc. Afterwords the anaysis is run i ANSYS mechanical.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that I quite often end up doing some modifications to the Solidworks model (plate thickness, geometry) after the intital run of analysis. But when doing this change, I have to go through all simplifications, midsurfacing in SpaceClaim again as I cannot find a way to updated the model from CAD (SolidWorks).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Any tips out there for a solution to this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-242850","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-importing-from-solidworks","topic-tag-solidworks","topic-tag-spaceclaim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["269619","81"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.74.151"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["2844"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["242850"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["81","269619"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["243212"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["243212"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-12-07 10:27:24"]},"test":"torstein-svendsgaardalpahandling-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/242850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/242850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}