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free dumping of material

free dumping of material

free dumping of material

(OP)
Hello,

I was wondering if we can emulate dumping sand or rocks in a hopper using SolidWorks.

Is that possible ?

Regards

RE: free dumping of material

For particle animation use
3D STUDIO MAX

Solidworks is animating mechanisms hardly, i think no body tries to do a particle animation.  

RE: free dumping of material

(OP)
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
 

RE: free dumping of material

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.

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RE: free dumping of material

(OP)
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.
 

RE: free dumping of material

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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