Engineering analysis is only valuable when the results can be clearly communicated. In SOLIDWORKS Premium, the Simulation Report feature allows engineers to automatically generate professional reports containing model details, loads, fixtures, mesh information, and result plots.

Step-by-Step Guide: Creating a Simulation Report

Step-1:

1. Go to the SolidWorks Add-in tab in your SolidWorks premium.
2. Make sure the simulation add-in is “ON”.
3. Then click on the simulation tab.
4. Then click on “New study”.
5. Give any name to your simulation study and press the tick mark.
6. Now you can notice the simulation tab get created.

Step-2:

1. Apply the material to your part if not applied.
2. Then using connectors define the connectors you used in your design.
3. Then apply the fixtures like “fixed geometry”, “rollers and sliders” etc…
4. On extra loads you can apply the load(static) on the face where the load is going to applied.
5. After applying the load you can go to the mesh option and select the mesh and run option.
6. You can now notice the mesh gets created and the solver runs.

Step-3:

1. After the solver gets completed you notice the results for your static study gets created in the graphical area.
2. Here you can notice the result for stress , strain and displacement gets created.
3. If you need to add the factor of safety results you can add from right clicking on the result and select FOS.
4. Now you can also use generate reports in a word file format.

Step-4:

1. By clicking the report tool you can notice a dialogue box gets created.
2. Inside the Report Options dialog, you can select the sections to include.
3. Typical report sections include:

• Study Properties
• Material Properties
• Parts and Bodies
• Loads and Fixtures
• Mesh Information
• Contact Definitions
• Stress Results
• Displacement Results
• Factor of Safety

4. Simply check or uncheck sections depending on what you want in the report.
5. You can also enter additional information such as:

• Company Details
• Report Format Options

Step-5:

1. Once everything looks correct:
2. Click Publish
3. Choose the output location
4. The report is automatically generated
5. The report is typically exported as a Microsoft Word document, which you can further edit or convert to PDF.

Conclusion:

The Simulation Report feature in SOLIDWORKS Premium simplifies the process of documenting engineering analysis. Instead of manually assembling results, engineers can automatically generate structured reports containing all simulation parameters and result plots.

If you regularly perform FEA studies, mastering this feature will significantly improve your workflow and reporting efficiency.