SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 11: Editing and Evaluation

Each of these can be animated. The deformation shown by the model is exaggerated by a deforma-

tion scale factor, which is shown as part of the legend on the screen. It is typically around 1000x.

Deformation is exaggerated to make it easier to visualize how the structure flexes under load.

Figure 11.21 shows a deformed vonMises stress plot.

FIGURE 11.21

Visualizing the results of the stress analysis

All the values that you enter and faces that you select are stored in the SimulationXpress Study

panel, which shows up by default on the bottom in a split PropertyManager, as shown in Figure

11.22. This is saved with the part, and is displayed any time you have the SolidWorks

SimulationXpress panel open in the Task Pane.