About the SIMULIA Learning Community

About the SIMULIA Learning Community

The SIMULIA Learning Community is the place to find the latest resources for SIMULIA software and to collaborate with other users.  The key that unlocks the door of innovative thinking and knowledge building, the SIMULIA Learning Community provides you with the tools you need to expand your knowledge, whenever and wherever.  

Background and Goals of the SIMULIA Learning Community

The primary goal of the SIMULIA Learning Community is to provide a dynamic learning experience; a place where users actively engage with each other by posting interesting ideas, answering questions, and finding resources to take their simulation game to the next level. Launched in January 2011, the SIMULIA Learning Community has had over 631,000 visits, 460 blog posts, 506 iQuestions, 1509 media uploads, 1047 comments, and many other forms of user interaction and engagement.  Currently, there are over 17,000 members from various industries and backgrounds with different levels of experience and education.  

Site Structure

The SIMULIA Learning Community is organized into the following categories to make it easier to find what you are looking for:

  • Training & Tips – Build your knowledgebase.  Find tutorials, e-learning, live and in-person training, tech tips, your own personalized training materials, and the SIMULIA knowledgebase. 
  • Support – SIMULIA offers two forums for you to get your questions answered.  For paying customers we provide access to our Advantage support; for academics and others we provide access to iQuestions directly on the Learning Community. 
  • Documentation – Access to Abaqus, 3DX, and other online documentation. 
  • e-Seminars – Attend an in-person or online webinar to get training or learn more about what you can do with our products. 
  • SCN Magazine – Discover how engineers, designers, researchers, and scientists are using SIMULIA products to optimize performance and evaluate their designs in our quarterly magazine. 
  • SIMULIA Student Edition – Download the Abaqus Student Edition for free!                                                          
  • What's New – Check out what’s buzzing for SIMULIA with the latest blog posts, news, announcements, and more. 
  • About SLC - Learn how SLC can take your simulation work to the next level!

About the 3DSwYm Community

There are some resources that can also help get you started within the 3DSwYm community:

And to get started in the Learning Community, read the Getting Started in the Learning Community blog post, here.