Guides
Reading results
What to trust after a solve — and what not to.
What to check first
- Does it move the right way? Displacement should follow your load arrow and stay fixed at Supports.
- Order of magnitude — microns vs meters of motion; MPa vs GPa of stress vs your material.
- Topology continuity — no flying blobs disconnected from the load path. Use the Results Density scrub (Density Explorer) to find a connected threshold.
- Bolt pads intact — if holes look skeletal, re-run with a thicker Shell.
Color scale & units
On Result maps, open Von Mises, Displacement, or Deformed. A color bar shows min → max with units (stress in MPa/kPa, displacement in mm — mm is the base unit everywhere on Exoform, never µm or m). The peak chip next to the toggles is the map maximum. Hover the mesh to read the value at that spot.
Deformed exaggerates displacement by default so small motion is visible — the chip next to the toggles shows the exact factor (e.g. Exaggerated · ×25). Click Show true scale to switch to literal 1:1 displacement any time you need to see how the part actually moves.
What not to over-trust
- Peak stress at sharp CAD corners or tiny paint patches — classic singularity / mesh artifact (SolidWorks docs warn about this).
- A single Draft run as a “certification.” Results are an engineering aid; confirm with qualified review before manufacture.
- Assuming Additive lattices inherit Study stress plots — re-check after lattice ops if decisions depend on it.
Dashboard
Open Dashboard for status, downloads, and reopen. Succeeded jobs keep settings so you can iterate without re-uploading.
Next: Export & print.