In all the cases we're examining in this article, the impact plane is normal to gravity and there is no friction between the model and the ground. Next, we'll fill in information about the Target or impact plane. 4: Drop Test Setup PropertyManager (right) 3: Drop Test Setup tree item (left), FIG. To determine the direction of gravity, we'll select the horizontal plane we created.įIG. If we wanted to simulate the camera being thrown to the ground as opposed to just falling, then we can increase the gravity's magnitude. We'll be dropping the camera from 2 meters, measured from its centroid, above the ground. We can define the parameters of the camera's fall either by setting the height from which it's dropped (Drop height) or its velocity when it hits the ground (Velocity at impact). For this study, we will leave this as-is we want to assume that, wherever the camera components are touching, they are fused together and will behave as if they are one piece.Īll the Drop Test settings are contained in Drop Test Setup, which you access by double-clicking Setup or right-clicking it and selecting Define/Edit. Select the material you want in the Material dialog that pops up then click the Apply button.īy default, a global bonded interaction will be created under Component Interactions in the Connections section of the study tree. To apply a material to a component, right-click it under Parts in your study tree and select Apply/Edit Materials. We start setting up a Drop Test the way we would most SOLIDWORKS Simulation studies, by applying materials and defining contact sets. 1: Isometric (left) and front (right) views of camera assembly Study 1: Linear material model, bonded global contact, perfectly rigid ground plane An angled plane named horizontal has been added to the assembly to represent the ground.įIG. In this article, which is a companion to the video above, we'll run four different Drop Test studies on a simple camera assembly consisting primarily of a two-sided case and a lens.

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