Create Seam Welds in Altair SimSolid

Gouthami Polina_22137
Gouthami Polina_22137
Altair Employee
edited February 2022 in Altair HyperWorks

This video demonstrates different ways to create solid seam welds to connect the parts in Altair SimSolid. Watch this workflow to learn how to create welds using:

  • Welds from solids
  • Welds by lines/edges
  • Master and mate parts 
  • Group weld option by selecting a group of parts

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  • Girish Mudigonda_21018
    Girish Mudigonda_21018
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2022

    Gouthami,

    What methods do you suggest when the welds fail to create from solids?

    Also, is it recommended to implicitly create welds in SimSolid or bring weld solids from CAD and connect them via bonded contact?

  • Junta_21946
    Junta_21946 Altair Community Member
    edited April 2022

    hi,

    Can you guys bring back the option to use the OLD seam weld in SimSolid new version?

    I know that you have working hard to implement the solid weld. But sometimes it doesn't work well.

    Instead, the old seam weld is still very useful in certain cases.

    It would be nice if the 2022 version can have 2 options for the seam weld: the old implicit weld and the new solid weld.

    Thanks!

  • Gouthami Polina_22137
    Gouthami Polina_22137
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2022
    Girish Mudigonda_21018 said:

    Gouthami,

    What methods do you suggest when the welds fail to create from solids?

    Also, is it recommended to implicitly create welds in SimSolid or bring weld solids from CAD and connect them via bonded contact?

    Girish,

    The following are the limitations we have today when creating solid seam welds.

    • Tubes where edges are overhung​
    • Imported solids that have centerline far away from feature line​
    • Convex edges​
    • Merged solids

    We recommend using implicitly created seam welds in SimSolid.

  • Gouthami Polina_22137
    Gouthami Polina_22137
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2022
    Junta_21946 said:

    hi,

    Can you guys bring back the option to use the OLD seam weld in SimSolid new version?

    I know that you have working hard to implement the solid weld. But sometimes it doesn't work well.

    Instead, the old seam weld is still very useful in certain cases.

    It would be nice if the 2022 version can have 2 options for the seam weld: the old implicit weld and the new solid weld.

    Thanks!

    Hi,

    could you let us know the situations where the new solid welds are not working well for you?

    Thanks,

    Gouthami

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