SS-T: 2020 Spot Welds

Create spot welds in SimSolid.

Purpose

SimSolid performs meshless structural analysis that works on full featured parts and assemblies, is tolerant of geometric imperfections, and runs in seconds to minutes. In this tutorial, you will do the following:

• Create spot welds using a CSV file or spots on lines.
• Create standalone spots.
• Show, edit, hide, and delete spots.
• Solve an analysis with spot welds and review spot weld forces.

Model Description

The following model files are needed for this tutorial:

• 3_plates.x_b
• Spots.csv
• Spots.ssp