Spotweld Conx from existing non-spotweld beams

Script will create PRIMER spotweld connections from existing beams in the model.

PRIMER will automatically create spotweld connection entities when it detects beams using spotweld properties (elform 9, mat 100). Sometimes it is useful to define spotweld beams but using different properties, which is possible but not done automatically.

This script will create spotweld connections for beam parts selected by the user. It does so by temporarily setting the relevant elform and material settings before resetting them to their original values. A little sample model is included to test the script with – you should find that the only difference before and after running the script is the creation of connection entities, which can subsequently be used to edit/move the beams etc.