Detect Weld Lines

Detect the welds in components which are currently visible and organize them in the weld line browser.

The current version of HL-WC supports one type of weld connection modelling:

node to node

Plate components are connected using common nodes or shared edges.

Figure 1. Weld Detection Process

1. Click the Mark Welds tool.

   
   
   Figure 2.

   The Mark Weld dialog opens.
2. In the Mark Weld dialog, select Shell Welds from the drop-down menu to detect the welds between shell components.

   
   
   Figure 3.

   Tip: Select Solid Welds from the drop-down menu to detect welds between solid components.
3. Click Detect.
   HL-WC automatically detects all the weld lines that are present in the visible components and highlights them in red.

   Note:

   • Other components which do not need weld detection can be hidden prior to detecting welds.
   • If there are already welds in the model, either added manually or otherwise, HL-WC displays a message asking if you'd like to retain or delete the existing weld lines.

   
   
   Figure 4.

   Both the weld line browser and the Weld Lines folder in the HyperLife Model Browser are populated and categorized according to weld type.