The Spot Weld from File option allows you to create bar elements from the weld data file.
- Spot Weld data file
enter or browse for the path to the Weld data file. See below for sample lines of a Weld data file.
Description No. X Y Z PID1 PID2 PID3 Diameter MASTIC
1
3046.278
531.872
1520.413
54325
54525
5
MASTIC
2
3095.952
528.354
1526.115
54325
54525
5
MASTIC
3
3145.952
525.258
1531.003
54325
54525
5
WSPOT
44
3340.525
695.365
537.187
54325
54525
WSPOT
45
3370.485
695.982
524.562
54325
54525
54625
MASTIC
46
3456.33
520.374
1543.035
54325
54525
54625
10
MASTIC
47
3260.055
525.304
1537.365
54325
54525
54625
10
MASTIC
48
3491.99
519.932
1543.285
54325
54525
10
Note: The first column must define the connection type. The X, Y, and Z columns define the coordinates of the connection location. The PID1, PID2, and PID3 columns define the parts connected. The Diameter column is important for MASTIC connections. For WSPOT connections, the Diameter column should be left blank.
- Spot Weld report file
After welding, a Weld report file of this name will be generated and placed in the working directory. This will list all the welds, which ones failed and why. Common reasons for failure include missing or misnamed parts or badly placed welds.
- Element splitting
Remesh area (Tri/Quad)
remeshes the area of the weld after the mesh is created.
Terminate
terminates the split to keep the mesh count down and doesn’t give as many high aspect ratio quads, but it creates many more tri elements.
Propagate
propagates the split through the mesh until the propagation is stopped by a tri element or it exits to the ORFN region.
- Connector Part name
The part name for the connectors is automatically generated, starting with SPOTWELDFILE0.
- Max projection
is the value slightly more than the maximum distance between two target parts.