This First Steps tutorial deals with the flow of water through a ball valve assembly before and after some design changes.
The objective is to show how easy fluid flow simulation can be with Flow Simulation and how simple it is to analyze design variations.
These two factors make Flow Simulation the perfect tool for engineers who want to test the impact of their design changes.
Open the SolidWorks Model
1 Copy the First Steps -Ball Valve folder from the installation directory into your working directory and ensure that the files are not read-only since Flow Simulation will save input data to these files. Run Flow Simulation.
2 Click File, Open. In the Open dialog box, browse to the Ball Valve.SLDASM assembly located in the First Steps - Ball Valve folder and click Open (or double-click the assembly).
Alternatively, you can drag and drop the Ball Valve.SLDASM file to an empty area of SolidWorks window. Make sure that the default configuration is the active one. This is a ball valve. Turning the handle closes or opens the valve. The assembly mate angle controls the opening angle.
3 Highlight the lids by clicking the features in the FeatureManager design tree (Lid <1> and Lid <2>)
