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Define a spot weld joint for multiple mating faces

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

2. Select this face as the base:

    

   

    

3. Select this edge as the guiding edge:

    

   

    

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

   The weld joint will look like this:

    

   

    

   The blue and black dots represent node pairs and the gray dots represent missing nodes.

   You should also see another spot weld joint in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components..

5. Next we want to make a pattern of the yellow component to see how ANSYS handles instances:

   1. Click MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. in the Edit group on the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab.

   2. Select Create patterns in the Options panelArea of the user interface that enables you to modify functions specific to tools..

   3. Select the component named wall in the Structure tree.

   4. Move the component up by dragging the blue axis of the Move handle.

   5. Press the space bar and type 4 to set the pattern count, like this:

       

      

       

   6. Press Tab and type 20 to set the distance, like this:

       

      

      Now you have a pattern of components. Each member of the pattern is an instance, so a change to one will change all of the copies in the pattern.