【转帖】free dumping of material
 

free dumping of material
hello,
i was wondering if we can emulate dumping sand or rocks in a hopper using solidworks.
is that possible ?
regards
you might be able to do it with physical simulation...
jeff mirisola, cswp, certified driveworks ae
for particle animation use
3d studio max
solidworks is animating mechanisms hardly, i think no body tries to do a particle animation.
hello,
what interests me more is to find the volume by dumping 200 m^3 of rocks for example in a hopper, and find if this dimensions i have for the hopper will be enough or i may need bigger or smaller hopper, more than the animated part.
regards

you may be able to use physical simulation, but depending on your system it may require more ram/etc and more training on sw physical simulations.
i agree to use 3d studio max, it is what i would use. it imports sw models also.
chris
solidworks/pdmworks 08 3.1
autocad 08
can you give me any key about the physical simulation, i can read more about it but i never used it.
i will try 3d max later but i dont have it on my machine, so that will take sometime.
thanks for your help.

what is the aggregate size of your dumped product? i guess it doesn't matter. if you already know you need to contain 200 cubic meters, you should be able to model an appropriate container. i would use the cavity feature to simulate the area of your 200 cubic meter load, then adjust the size of the hopper accordingly.
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