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Connections are used to define the association of different regions of interest between parts in an assembly.
Adhesives
Structural adhesives are simulated as thin layers of adhesive material associated with a connection.
Add Adhesives to Local Regions
Add adhesives (stiffness) to local regions using existing tubular parts.

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Connections are used to define the association of different regions of interest between parts in an assembly.
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- Adhesives
  Structural adhesives are simulated as thin layers of adhesive material associated with a connection.
  - Add Adhesives to Entire Connection Area
    Apply adhesives (stiffness) to any standard connection.
  - Add Adhesives to Local Regions
    Add adhesives (stiffness) to local regions using existing tubular parts.
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Add Adhesives to Local Regions

Add adhesives (stiffness) to local regions using existing tubular parts.

Selected parts must conform to a tubular cylindrical shape. SimSolid will extract the centerline of the cylindrical part then create an adhesive region of a specified width in the gap between the parts that the tube overlaps.

Note: Material of an adhesive is assumed to be linear. If there is a stress-strain curve associated with the material, it will not be used. Adhesives can be applied in all types of non-linear analyses

On the Project Tree, click on the Connections workbench
On the Connections workbench, select the (Create adhesive connections from solids/lines) icon.
In the dialog, define adhesive width.

Under Create from solids, use one of the following options to select parts on the model:

Option	Process
Select solids which represent adhesive	Choose the Select solids which represent adhesive radio button. In the modeling window, select solids. They will appear in a list in the dialog.
Find solids by keyword	Choose the Find solids by keyword radio button. Type the part name into the Part name contains: text box. Click Find solids. A list of solids containing the part name you typed will appear in the dialog.

Click the Find connections button to find the connections between selected parts.
This will examine the parts and convert all that are recognized into adhesive lines of the specified width.
Define Adhesive material name.
Click OK.