*weld
Creates a weld element between two nodes.
Syntax
*weld independent dependent length systems movenode
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Creates a weld element between two nodes.
Inputs
- independent
- The independent node.
- dependent
- The dependent node.
- length
- The length of the weld.
- systems
- Determines if systems should be built at the end of the node (1 for yes, 0 for no).
- movenode
- Set to 1 to move the node perpendicular to the surface of the elements, otherwise set to 0.
Example
To build a weld element between nodes 100 and 101 with length 1.0 and without systems being built at the ends of the weld element:
*weld 100 101 1.0 0 0 Errors
None.