{"id":35022,"date":"2019-04-29T13:39:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issues-with-solidworks-model-in-ansys\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T13:39:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:39:48","slug":"issues-with-solidworks-model-in-ansys","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issues-with-solidworks-model-in-ansys\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues with Solidworks model in ANSYS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I want to analyse a chassis crashing into a rigid wall at speed (50m\/s) by utilising the Explicit Dynamics solver.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I have created a tubular spaceframe chassis on Solidworks using the weldment feature but I am having trouble with the geometry when i import it into ansys spaceclaim.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I have imported the SW model as a parasolid but cannot mesh the geometry (always fails no matter what approach i take). Instead I modified the geometry using spaceclaim an created midsurfaces of the tube members. However I am running into two problems. 1) cannot create surfaces of every member and 2) cannot merge gaps. between mating members.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For those who are familiar with the weldment option on SW, I have seen on spaceclaim that there is the same feature (profile) but I cannot define the OD and thickness of the tube. Can i import my 3d sketch that I have created on SW and import it into ANSYS?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Many Thanks<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ryan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-35022","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["7194"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["2831"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["35022"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","164796"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["21"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["84498"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["84498"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-05-04 20:34:51"]},"test":"rdelacourt"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/35022","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\/35022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}