Connectors

New Features

Stitch Connectors

• A new connector type to tie Parts/Components together. There is no realization, just the equivalencing of the nodes.
• You have the option of retaining nodes and selecting the main side of the connectors as well as the remeshing method.

xMCF File Import

• XMCF 3.1 compliant.
• Updated how the metadata is mapped to the connectors. The incoming information is mapped to the metadata field on the connector and is visible in the Entity Editor.

Attachment Workflows in Connectors (HyperWorks-Specific

• New HyperWorks workflows are added to the Connectors Ribbon. This is a direct mapping of the Attachment workflows from the browser.
• A new Attachment type is added to the Rigid Patch attachments. This new type projects the attachment onto a plate.

  
  
  Figure 1.

Connector Browser

• A new browser following the new paradigms from Model Browser.
• The different connectors are now split into separate tabs.

  
  
  Figure 2.

Enhancements

Connector Group Logic

• Used when dragging and dropping connectors to create a new connector group. You are prompted to create multiple groups if the connectors are scattered across many Subsystems. Each connector group is then organized into a part, and the Part is placed into the appropriate Subsystem.
• If the organization is set to Automatic, and the Connector is organized into a Subsystem different from the Subsystem the Connector Group belongs to, the ownership of the Subsystem is broken to ensure consistency.

Single Include for Subsystem Connectors

• A single Subsystem is created for all the Subsystem connectors to be organized into.

Organize connectors to current include

• All the connectors are organized into the active include.

Seam connector Improvements

• General bugfix and quality improvements.
• Partial Connector realizations, allows you to define a percentage of acceptability for the amount the connector has successfully imprinted.
• Rule Based Realizations, adjusting the HAZ lengths to try to realize the connector automatically.

Part/Subsystem Config Improvements

• Keep general connectors realized within a Subsystem when inactive.
• Prompt to realize connectors active on config change.
• Link Type reacting when changing Parts/Subsystem configurations.

Known Issues

Miscellaneous

• Connector masses are no longer supported in the browser.

Resolved Issues

Miscellaneous

• FE absorbing failed FEMFAT connectors.
• FE absorbing of Rigid Patches over a solid holes.
• FE absorbing not reading custom config file.
• Duplicate Rigids when realizing bolt connectors in Abaqus user profile
• FE absorbing Quad Seam issues.
• End offset information is lost on positioning connector to center.
• Added new configurations for Spring Bolts.
• Realizing an attachment twice.
• Connector groups are listed in the Model Browser.