Tips & Tricks

How to simulate welding process with variable weld speed and Heat power ?
In real process, the user changes the velocity depending to the distance already covered or still to cover in welding process. To better reproduce the start and the end of a welding process, the velocity must be able to vary during at least these two phases as well as the heat source power. And to be more generic, this feature introduces a time dependency of the heat source velocity and its power density.
Mandikizinoyou Taro Welding & Assembly, Virtual Performance, Virtual Integration Platform

Horse saddle distortion modelling in Visual Weld
Welding of structures involves complex interactions between thermal, metallurgical and mechanical phenomena leading to residual stresses and distortions, which play a major role during subsequent service of these structures. Controlling material characteristics, residual stress and keep distortion within tolerances via the computer can significantly enhance the performance, the quality of the product and the structure’s service life
Mandikizinoyou Taro Sheet Metal Forming, Virtual Manufacturing, Multiphysics, Welding & Assembly

Overview of CSM Welding Advisor in Visual Environment 18.0.2
This tip is to give an overview of new CSM welding advisor in Visual Environment 18.0.2. This new advisor comes in replacement of Visual Welding advisor and uses Assembly solver to perform transient welding simulation.
Mandikizinoyou Taro Sheet Metal Forming, Virtual Manufacturing, Welding & Assembly

Demonstrator of typical Stamp-Assembly process in automotive BiW manufacturing
New Stamp-Assembly non-confidential tutorial available
Jan Bejvl Sheet Metal Forming, Welding & Assembly, Virtual Integration Platform

e-Café #2 PYFUN, PYSTOP - Programmer ses propres critères d'arrêt de calcul
Comment programmer des critères d'arrêt de calcul en Python
Jean-Charles Paulin Virtual Performance

Internal injection lines modeling
Internal injection lines on a shell model (i.e. made of internal element edges) are not supported by the parallel solver.
Mathilde Chabin Composites

Direct Opening of a mesh
The creation of a RTM project and loading of the model mesh is usually done in 2 steps.
Mathilde Chabin Composites

Coupling between PAM-FORM and PAM-RTM: multiple part mapping
Coupling between PAM-FORM 2G and PAM-RTM is done through a .DSY file. Thus, pre-forming process is simulated with PAM-FORM 2G and resulting fiber orientations that will affect permeabilities are transferred to PAM-RTM model setup.
Mathilde Chabin Composites