The installation process is fully automated and the user can simply follow the on screen instructions. T he latest version of SimWorks is available for download here :. T o start it double click on the executable. Occasionally a warning message may appear on Windows, just click on More info in the first page and then on the Run anyway button see the troubleshooting guide for more info.
Also some antivirus programs can show SimWorks as a false positive, please find additional info in SimWorks security about the third parties checks carried out to ensure that the software does not contain malware.
In that case it is recommended adding SimWorks as an exception to the antivirus of use. The first step is to select where SimWorks will be installed. Press Install to start the installation. During this phase, the installer will perform the following tasks:.
This phase may take a while depending on internet connection speed and PC performance. During the download, a progress bar shows an estimate of the time to completion.
Please select the Restart the PC checkbox to reboot the machine as this is required to actually run SimWorks. It is also possible to add a shortcut to the Start Menu:. Once the machine is rebooted, it is time to start SimWorks.
Just type SimWorks in the windows search console and you should find the shortcut to start it in the Start Menu , feel free to move the shortcut where it is more convenient for you:. You can also export the documents in PDF format, if you wish to do so for future reference. The free version of SimWorks does not require any additional step. If you wish to purchase SimWorks Manager, you can request a license by contacting us at [email protected].
The setup wizard will then guide you through the required steps to install the prerequisites and set up the software. Simply press the Start button and wait until the step is completed. This will display the system settings related to text encoding. Below is an example of the output:. For example:. Please open the file with Notepad by navigating to the path above.
Once the file is open, please change the content in the encoding tag see the highlighted text in the picture below to the value corresponding to HeaderName of your system. After the change, save the file, close Notepad and try to restart SimWorks. If you still get the fatal error message, please contact us sending a snapshot of your Windows encoding settings as shown above. If the internet connection drops out during install the installer will show the status as TransientError rather than the usual Transferring and the download process will be hanging:.
Privacy Policy. Terms and Conditions. SimWorks installation troubleshooting. Cannot download the installer - manual installation guide. Alternatively you can complete the following points to install SimWorks manually: 1 download SimWorks from source here , this is around Mb and contains the main SimWorks executable. Open Powershell as administrator.
Windows 10 and antivirus warning messages. Debian install error. Debian install step. Fatal error on first run. Open a Windows Powershell and type the command: [System. Encoding]::Default This will display the system settings related to text encoding. Transferring error during install. Download SimWorks. Contact us. Here we set the Base cell size to 20 mm under Global Mesh Parameters We also need to identify the volume that needs to be meshed.
In this case we want to mesh the volume inside the outer domain OD but outside the sphere, therefore we can define a Point in mesh with coordinate 0 0 and size This is shown in the Geometry viewer as a red sphere. The sphere size is for visualisation purposes only as it helps the user to double check that the point in mesh is located in the desired volume.
Define the boundary conditions in the pre-processor. It is also possible to make the geometries transparent or opaque, feel free to familiarise yourself with the different options there Clicking on the downward arrow next to the first icon, a menu showing all the possible layering displays is shown. Selecting the Boundary conditions types layering, the entire geometry and the OD will change colours showing the boundary conditions types, a new legend will show which colour corresponds to which boundary condition 4.
Set Output parameters. Run the setup and meshing phases. Now that all the parameters of the simulation are set, we can run the simulation from the Simulation manager window: Setup phase: in this phase all the entries specified up to this point are converted to OpenFOAM setup files dictionaries and the geometry itself is converted into a tessellated representation triangulated STL files which are required for the subsequent meshing phase. Depending on the geometry size, complexity and the mesh refinement levels, the surface tessellation can take some time.
The progress bar will show the phase progress. As per the surface mesh, the time it takes to create the volume mesh depends on the geometry size, complexity and meshing parameters. For this case, the meshing phase should complete quickly While the meshing phase is running, the Live data console will appear showing the output of the mesher in text form.
This helps following the meshing phase progresses. Once the mesh phase is completed, it is possible to inspect the mesh in the Fields viewer.
The Fields viewer will appear with a representation of the mesh. For convenience the Live data window has been hidden clicking on the relevant icon in the Task bar. Fields viewer offers several functionalities from the task bar at the top of the window. The first two buttons on the left are visualisation options. In this case the mesh cells edges have been shown The three buttons on the right can be used to probe the data by getting the values at a specific point, or along a line or inside a rectangular area In addition to the task bar, the Fields viewer has a menu with tabs.
In the Selection tab, it is possible to select the geometrical entities to be shown. In the figure below, we are showing the parts 3D shapes and the sections e.
Parts list : if the Show parts checkbox is not ticked no part 3D object will be shown. This box should be ticked to enable the view of geometrical parts in the window. Looking at the Select parts drop-down menu, you can see that this contains the list of Part Groups as defined in the Regions tab of the Simulation editor.
In our case, we just want to visualise the sphere geometry, so we select Part 7. The other part groups in the list corresponds the boundaries of the outer domain Sections list : similarly to the parts, to view the sections the Show section checkbox needs to be ticked. In the drop-down menu, the user can select to enable sections normal to X, Y and Z direction Direction handling : from the drop-down menu it is possible to select which of the displayed planes to move.
Run phase. Back in the Simulation manager window, it is now time to run the simulation clicking on the Run simulation icon Next to the Run icon there is also a Stop icon which can be used to stop either the meshing phase or the running phases while these are running The Live data will show the output from the solver as the simulation is running.
During the Run phase the Forces and Residuals tabs will show graphs of the force coefficients on the main geometry and the equations residuals. These can be used to monitor the evolution of the solution and assess the its convergence.
Post-processing phase. Make sure that the sections planes are shown. You can scroll through different planes with the two arrows in the post-processor or alternatively with the arrow up and down on the keyboard. Plot viewer. The two icons highlighted help to change the view, so it is possible to move the graph or to zoom in just click on the home icon button to reset the view The two icons in the middle allow to change the plot settings, like font, size and scale The save icon can be used to save the plot content as an image It is also possible to add a new plot by selecting a new variable in the Selected variable menu.
Alternatively, it is possible to select a predefined set of graphs from the Standard plot sets Click on the Add new plot button to actually update the Plot viewer to display the new plot defined at point 4 or 5. The Clear all plots button can be used to remove all current plots in the Plot viewer. Download SimWorks. Contact us. Share on whatsapp.
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