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You can simulate seam welds by creating a spot weld joint with closely-spaced spot welds.

Define a seam weld

1. Click Spot Weld in the Define group on the Prepare tab.

2. Select the face shown here:

    

   

    

3. Select the three edges shown in blue here:

    

   

    

   You normally must hold Ctrl to select multiple edges; however, you can select multiple edges without Ctrl when the Select guiding edge tool guide is active.

4. Change the Start offset, Edge3D object composed of a single outside boundary of a feature. A line sketched in 2D becomes an edge when you pull your sketch into 3D. offset, and End offset values to 0.

5. Change the Number of points value to 16.

   The seam weld is just a series of spot welds, like this:

    

   

    

6. Increase the number of points to 32:

    

   

    

   The more points you make, the closer the joint will be to a continuous weld. The number can be chosen at your discretion depending on your simulation.

7. Click the Complete tool guide to complete the spot weld.