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This task
shows how to create a Surface Welding Connection Property between two parts
or within one part.
A surface welding connection property is a connection that
is created from an existing Surface Analysis Connection or Surface Analysis
Connection Within One Part. |
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Only available with the Generative Assembly Structural
Analysis (GAS) product. |
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Open the
sample11_1.CATAnalysis document from the samples directory.
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Click Surface Welding Connection Property
in the Connection Properties toolbar.
The Surface Welding Connection Property dialog box
appears.

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Select the surface welding connection.
In this particular example, select Surface
Analysis Connection.1 object in the specification tree.
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Click the Component Edition
button
to specify the parameters.
The Surface Welding Definition dialog box appears.

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Material: gives you information about
the associated material.
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User-defined material: lets you select
a user material.
To know more, refer Creating User
Materials.
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Orientation: lets you associate or not
an axis system.
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This option is only available with the ELFINI
Structural Analysis (EST) product. |
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None: no axis system will be
associated.
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By axis: lets you define the axis
system you want to associate to the selected user material.
If you select this option, the Component Edition
button appears.

To know more about axis system, refer to
Axis System Type.
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Select the User-defined material option in the
Surface Weld Definition dialog box.
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Activate the Material text box as shown below:
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Select User Material.1 as Material.
The Surface Welding Definition dialog box is updated:
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Select By axis as Orientation
option.
The Component Edition button appears in
the Surface Welding Definition dialog box:
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Click the Component Edition button
to specify the axis system.
The Orientation Definition dialog box appears.

To know more about axis system, refer to
Axis System Type. |
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Select Global as axis system Type.
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Click OK in the Orientation Definition dialog
box.
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Click OK in the Surface Welding Definition
dialog box.
Note that the Component edition button
becomes valid in the Surface Welding Connection Property dialog box:
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Click OK in the Surface Welding Connection
Property dialog box.
A Surface Welding Connection Property.1
connection property appears in the specification tree under the
Properties.1 set and a Weld Surface Connection Mesh.1
connection mesh part appears under the Nodes and Elements
set.

A symbol appears on the geometry:
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