PRIMER 22.1

Checking Connections

As well as checks under the normal model checking, there are three PRIMER functions that allow you to check properties of spotwelds.

Connectivity checks the quality of spotweld connectivity.
Conflicting , where PRIMER checks for the distances between welds and offers to delete welds that are too close together.
Contacts where PRIMER looks to see if the spotwelds are part of a tied contact in the model.

Checking connectivity

PRIMER will check all of the spotweld connections in the model to see if they are tied correctly. If any of the weldsare not PRIMER will put them onto the connection table and you can use it to visualise and fix the welds. For more details see Connection Table.

Checking conflicting welds

PRIMER will check to see if any spotweld connections in the model are too close to each other. Enter the Min weld distance and then you can either

List - list all conflicting the welds
Delete - delete a subset of welds to remove the conflict (same as model autofix)
->Table - send all conflicting welds to table where you can delete them or merge them

Checking weld contacts

PRIMER will check to see which spotweld connections are not in a tied contact.

Any beams, solids or parts that are not in a tied contact will be put into sets so that you can visualise them.

Note - this function will only work when you have a single connection contact . For a more generic treatment you should use the function under CONNECTIONS > CONTACT.

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