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Team Overview
A collection detailing non-technical information about the team, including team history, competition information, and more.
Software
A collection of details regarding software installs and various technical how-to-use guides
SOLIDWORKS
Guide for Solidworks use
SOLIDWORKS PDM
Use guide for PDM
Ansys
Use guide for Ansys, our team's primary FEA software. Covers the basics such as how to set up a project, but not the technical details of FEA theory.
Finite Element Analysis
Guide that covers the finer details and options for running FEA
Team History
Home Page
Welcome to the Solar Gators Wiki! This site's goal is to serve as the new form of information and documentation storage, rather than a conglomeration of word documents scattered across Microsoft Teams. If you are a member who is looking to contribute, pleas...
Basics: 1D Bar Formulation
When solving for the various items of interest using the finite element method (FEM) such as displacement, stress, and strain, it is important to understand the basics of what is happening when you start pressing the various mesh, boundary condition, and solve...
Getting Started with Workbench
Why Ansys? Ansys is not a program like Solidworks. Rather than having a single viewport to your model open at all times that lets you perform a wide variety of functions, Ansys is segmented into different programs such as mesh, mechanical, and ACP that are ac...
1: Starting a Project
Importing Geometry To start a project, either: 1) open Ansys Workbench, or 2) use the Workbench button in Solidworks on whatever model you would like to import. Option one will open a blank project, while option 2 will open a project with a geometry system th...
Notes about nomenclature and symbols
This page summarizes the definitions this guide uses for Ansys projects, as well as what some of the symbols you see mean. Nomenclature System This entire box is a system. The blue header at the top is how you control the systems overall pro...
File Organization and Naming Standards for SolidWorks PDM
This page outlines the proper structure and naming conventions for organizing files within each subteam’s folder on SolidWorks PDM. If reference is needed, use “Hinge” in PDM. [NOTE: THIS PAGE IS UNDER EDITING] Folder Structure [Subteam] Folder ...
How to use PDM (pt. 1)
Solidworks PDM is a server based cloud that stores all of the solidworks part files the team designs. It features version control, file check in / check out, and component hierarchy control. If used properly, it works very well. If used improperly, it will rui...
How to use PDM (pt. 2)
Solidworks PDM is a server based cloud that stores all of the solidworks part files the team designs. It features version control, file check in / check out, and component hierarchy control. If used properly, it works very well. If used improperly, it will rui...
2: Mechanical Model System
After adding the geometry system, The next component system that should be added is the mechanical model system. This system lets you assign the material, mesh, mesh controls, and named selections. Fig 1. Adding a mechanical model system (right) and linking...
3: Static Structural Analysis
With all the model setup out of the way, a static structural analysis system can be added. There are lots of other types of analyses, but for the solar car team this is what we typically analyze our parts with, This analysis requires the model not be in motion...