Challenge

Week 9-Creation of 1D Connectors Challenge

aim :

to create various types of 1D connectors to the given model by meshing the components with the given quality criteria

given quality criteria:

list of connectors to perform:

procedure:

mesh the given components according to the given quality criteria and also check for the cleanup geometry

Right Rail 2& Front truss 1:-Seam-Quad(angled copped+1)

Select the Nodes from the edge of Right rail 2 from where we want the seam Quad with section then select the two components also as we have some gap to fill increase the tolerance and spacing values
Left Rail 2 & Front truss 1:- Quad elements

Similar to above select the nodes on edges but instead of seam quad select quad from type and create the quad weld but if the quad is in red then it is not realized so increase the tolerance or spacing value to make it realize.
Front truss 2,Front truss 1& Right Rail 1:-Spot weld with 2 Layers and 5 mm Diameter Since this is a spot-type weld with a diameter of 5 and 2 layers, so first select nodes on front truss 2 and right rail 1 and use the spot weld option in connectors to join the two with the given diameter, similarly so for right rail 1 and from truss2

Front truss 2. Front truss 1& Left Rail 1:- Hexa (Adhesive) As we did for seam type weld select the nodes on each component we need the adhesive to join them and select the components with tolerance to create the adhesive from seam type

Rear truss 2&Right Rail 2-Bolt Connector Use bolt type option for this but since there is no existing hole on the component we need to use the create hole if no option from the bolt property section and give the appropriate parameters to create it.
rear truss2 & left rail 2 : bolt connector Similar to the above method same needs to be done here also
Right Rail 1& Right Rail 2- Spot-weld with Rigid Elements For rigid elements, we need to select the spot type and select nodes along the edge of the right rail 1 component but since some of the nodes will be missed so select the option for finding the nearest nodes instead of projecting Let tolerance and diameter values remain the same
Left Rail 1& Left Rail_2:- Spot-weld with Spring Elements Same as above needs to be done just instead of rigid type select the spring type.
For the remaining types, I used the following connectors

conclusion:

all the connectors mentioned above are created and the given component is meshed and cleaned according to the given quality criteria

Ship work like this
in your own course.