Tolerance Analysis Software

[chancey]

Does anyone have any experience/recommendations on Tolerance Analysis Software to run with solidworks?

Thanks in advance.

 

[GBor]

"Tolerance analysis software"? Meaning checking for interferences (which SW can do) or just for tight tolerances, etc.?

 

[josephv]

SolidWorks 2008 will come with Tolerance Analysis (stack up) functionality included.

 

[pdybeck]

If you have SolidWorks Premium, then SolidWorks 2008 will contain a Tolerance analysis program. It works by letting you dimension models with GD&T, targetting a distance you want to study, and then running a calculation to look at min and max conditions of the distance you selected.

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/products/SolidWorks_2008/SolidWorksOfficePremium2008.html

http://files.solidworks.com/solidworks2008/tolanalyst.gif

http://files.solidworks.com/solidworks2008/TolAnalyst/TolAnylist.swf

Pete

 

[magineer]

Is Tolanalyst only available in premium and not the standard package?

I can't remember seeing a breakout of what is available with each package (standard, office, premium).

Magineer

 

[pdybeck]

Only in premium. Probably would cost less to upgrade to Premium than it would to purchase separate tol analysis software, and you would get the whole enchilada with SolidWorks - FEA, Motion analysis, rendering, animation, PDM, etc...

Pete

 

[chancey]

Gbor - Tol stack ups for assemblies

Current license is Office Pro, might be worth the extra change versus a seperate package but will it be as good as an after market package and am I going to be dealing with all the issues that you generally get the first time around?

thanks guys

 

[pdybeck]

You would have to look at your requirements. You could always get a demo from your VAR to see if it meets your requirements.

 

[ShaggyPE]

I looked into this topic a few years ago just out of curiosity. I found two third party packages that integrated into solidworks. One is SigmundWorks and can be found here:

http://www.varatech.com/sigmundworks.html

The other was called TASysWorks, but doesn't really seem around anymore.

I was pleased to see the addition of tolerance analysis to the premium package... unfortunately, I don't have premium. Maybe it will trickle down to office in a few releases.

-Shaggy

-Shaggy

 

[ShaggyPE]

Here is another one that may be worth a try... and at $30 if it sucks, who cares.

http://rbytes.net/software/mitcalc---tolerance-analysis-review/

-Shaggy

 

[ShaggyPE]

Here is better info on MITCalc, and it is $79 for a year or $299 for a lifetime.

http://www.mitcalc.com/en/pricelist.htm

-Shaggy

 

[Heckler]

I write my own excel spreedsheets....once you've invested the time into the first one then it's gravy after that.

Or do it by hand calculations.....but I guess that's a lost art.

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 4.0 & Pro/E 2001
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