Connect two parts over a circular area on the contacting surfaces.
You can create stand alone spot welds, create a series of spot welds on a line or
polyline, or create spots from a CSV file.
You can create a
.csv file using a spreadsheet program such as
Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. The file must have a header row and one or more
additional data rows (one for each spot weld). The header row can have any number of
fields but only the following will be read:
- “X_Pos”, “Y_Pos”, “Z_Pos” – this is the X, Y and Z coordinates of the spot
weld location
- “Connected Part 3” (optional) By default SIMSOLID will create a sport weld
between the two closest parts to the XYZ value. If a third part is also
desired, place any alpha-numeric value here. This will tell SIMSOLID to
create 2 welds between the 3 closest parts.
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In the Project Tree, click on
the Assembly branch.
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In the Connections workbench toolbar, click (Create spot or laser welds).
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Choose one of the following:
Spot Weld Type |
Steps |
Stand alone spot |
- Activate the Stand alone spot radio
button.
- In the modeling window, select a point
on the part surface to choose the center of the spot weld.
- You can edit the spot coordinates in the X, Y, and Z
fields.
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Spots on line |
- Activate the Spots on line radio
button.
- Use the up/down arrows to define the Number of
spots.
- In the modeling window, pick points to
position the spots line.
|
Spots from CSV |
- Activate the Import welds from CSV radio
button.
- Click the Import button and browse to the
desired file.
- Click Open.
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Define the Spot diameter.
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Click OK.
Note: Welds will only be found within a tolerance of the spot weld diameter. So,
for a 5mm weld, the XYZ values must be within 5mm of the part
surfaces.