PRIMER 22.1
PRIMER Spotweld File Format
PRIMER Spotweld File Format
The PRIMER spotweld file format is designed to be able to be easily read by PRIMER and people. The file should contain either comment lines or spotweld data lines
Comment lines
Any line that begins with a $ (dollar symbol) is treated as a comment line and skipped. This is the same as Ansys LS-DYNA.
Spotweld data lines
Any line that is not a
comment line is treated as a
line containing spotweld data.
Each line contains data for one spotweld.
Each line consists of up to 15 fields.
Each field is 10 characters wide (like most Ansys LS-DYNA keyword data) giving a maximum
line length of 150 characters.
The fields are defined as follows:
|
Field
number(s) |
Column
numbers |
Description |
| 1 | 1-10 | Field skipped. Usually contains string 'SPOTWELD' for readability |
| 2 | 11-20 | Spotweld ID number |
| 3 | 21-30 | Field skipped. Usually contains string 'POINT' for readability |
| 4 | 31-40 | Spotweld point X coordinate |
| 5 | 41-50 | Spotweld point Y coordinate |
| 6 | 51-60 | Spotweld point Z coordinate |
| 7 | 61-70 | Field skipped. Usually contains string 'PART' for readability |
| 8-15 | 71-150 | Part ID number. Up to 8 panels to weld together. |
Example file
$ PRIMER spotweld file $ ==================== $ $ Created on: Thu Feb 15 15:04:34 2001 $ $ from model: "ARUP CRASH MODEL - Training (workshop6)" $ $ < weld ID> < X coord>< Y coord>< Z coord> < Part 1 >< Part 2 >< Part 3 > $ SPOTWELD 1 POINT 2602.424 -692.2456 606.822 PARTS 113 5 SPOTWELD 2 POINT 2623.942-692.18854 605.34 PARTS 113 5 SPOTWELD 3 POINT 2634.647 -692.1887 604.6709 PARTS 113 5 SPOTWELD 4 POINT 3142.42 -695.2453 547.7576 PARTS 5 306 SPOTWELD 5 POINT 3142.42 -695.2453 522.7576 PARTS 5 306 SPOTWELD 6 POINT 3101.431-692.23694 483.0748 PARTS 306 5 SPOTWELD 7 POINT 3075.443-692.23694 483.39206 PARTS 306 5 SPOTWELD 8 POINT 3049.455-692.23694 483.7093 PARTS 306 5 SPOTWELD 9 POINT 3023.467-692.23694 484.0266 PARTS 306 5 SPOTWELD 10 POINT 3102.919-692.23694 587.7574 PARTS 306 5