D3PLOT 22.1

Spotweld Symbols: Managing Spotweld Element Display

Spotweld Symbols: Managing Spotweld element display

D3PLOT contains a number of different options for controlling the symbol and the size of the symbol used to display spotwelds.

This option controls the size of the symbols used to draw some spotwelds. D3PLOT 9.4 can draw and contour five different types of spotweld

Symbol Type

Draw as Elements

Spotwelds may be drawn using the symbol types introduced in version 9.4 where each type of spotweld has a different symbol as shown below. For spotweld beams, solids and clusters this means they are drawn using the solid and beam element geometry.

Draw as Spheres

From version 13.0 onwards by default spotwelds are drawn as spheres located at the center of each spotweld.