connection

Connection check configurations.

GUI Default Settings

slide-number
Initial slide # displayed on the report.
Default/Allowed: 1
action
Action items.
Default/Allowed: check, report or both (default)
mode
Execution mode. Interactive mode will be slower than background mode.
Default/Allowed: interactive or background
input
Initial director for CAD Input.
Default/Allowed: C:/temp
output
Initial director for results output.
Default/Allowed: C:/temp

Hole Detection

min-diameter
Minimum diameter for surface hole recognition. Holes below this diameter will be ignored.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 10.0
max-diameter
Maximum diameter for surface hole recognition. Holes above this diameter will be ignored.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 10.0
min-nodes
Minimum number of nodes to recognize FE hole. Holes with nodes less than this number will be ignored.
Default/Allowed: 4 to 10
max-nodes
Maximum number of nodes to recognize FE hole. Holes with nodes greater than this number will be ignored.
Default/Allowed: 30 to 50
adjacent-tolerance
Distance to judge duplicate holes for the same plate. If the Holes to Holes distance is less than this value it is considered as a duplicate hole.
Default/Allowed: 3.0 to 5.0

Free Hole

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
Search tolerance for searching nearest bolts/nuts from the hole center.


Figure 1.
Default/Allowed: 10.0
If there is no bolt, nut or screw nearby, the holes are considered as free holes.


Figure 2.

freeboltnut

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
bolt-box-tolerance
Search tolerance for searching nearest plates from the bolt outer surfaces.


Figure 3.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 5.0
nut-box-tolerance
Search tolerance for searching nearest plates from the nut outer surface.


Figure 4.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
allowed-plate-comps
These named parts will not be considered as plates.
Default/Allowed: string names of special parts
Bolt or Nut CAD data that are not passing through the plates or floating in the space without the plates are found.


Figure 5.

bolthole-mismatch

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
input-type
Continuous CAD lines or CAD solids.
Default/Allowed: lines or solids
centernode-search-tolerance
Search tolerance for searching holes from bolt CAD surface.


Figure 6.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 2.0
elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the bolt outer surface.


Figure 7.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
min-dist
Allowable mismatch distance between bolt axis and hole axis.


Figure 8.
Default/Allowed: 0.1 to 1.0
max-dist
Maximum search distance between bolt axis and the hole axis.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
Mismatch issues are found if the mismatch is between min-dist to max-dist value.


Figure 9.

nuthole-mismatch

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
input-type
Continuous CAD lines or CAD solids.
Default/Allowed: lines or solids
centernode-search-tolerance
Search tolerance for searching holes from bolt/nut CAD surface.


Figure 10.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 2.0
elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the nut outer surface.


Figure 11.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
min-dist
Allowable mismatch distance between nut axis and hole axis. If the mismatch is less than this value issues will not be reported.


Figure 12.
Default/Allowed: 0.1 to 1.0
max-dist
Maximum search distance between nut axis and the hole axis. If the mismatch is greater than this value issues will not be reported.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
Issues are found if the mismatch distance is between min-dist to max-dist range.


Figure 13.

boltnut-mismatch

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the nut outer surface.


Figure 14.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
threshold-angle
Allowable angle between center axis of bolt and the nut. More than this angle, the check will be ignored for that pair of connection parts.


Figure 15.
Default/Allowed: 10.0 to 30 deg
min-dist
Allowable mismatch distance between nut axis and hole axis. If the mismatch is less than this value issues will not be reported.


Figure 16.
Default/Allowed: 0.1 to 1.0
max-dist
Maximum search distance between nut axis and the hole axis. If the mismatch is greater than this value, issues will not be reported.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
Bolt-nut mismatch issues will be reported if the Bolt and Nut sizes are not within min-dist and max-dist range.


Figure 17.

boltnutsize-mismatch

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
Tolerance for searching nearest bolt, plates from the nut outer surface.


Figure 18.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
min-dist
Allowable mismatch distance between nut axis and hole axis. If the mismatch is less than this value issues will not be reported.


Figure 19.
Default/Allowed: 0.1 to 1.0
min-nut-tol-bolt-ratio
Allowable minimum ratio between bolt and nut size. If the ratio is less than this value the issue is reported.


Figure 20.
Default/Allowed: 0.8 to 0.9
max-nut-tol-bolt-ratio
Allowable maximum ratio between bolt and the nut size. If the ratio is greater than this value the issue is reported.


Figure 21.
Default/Allowed: 1.1 to 1.3
Issues will be reported if the Bolt size and Nut size are not within the range of min-nut-tol-bolt-ratio and the max-nut-tol-bolt-ratio.


Figure 22.

holes-mismatch

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
min-dist
Allowable mismatch distance between nut axis and hole axis. If the mismatch is less than this value the issues will not be reported.


Figure 23.
Default/Allowed: 0.1 to 1.0
max-dist
Maximum search distance between hole center node axis.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
centernode-search-tolerance
Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the hole center.


Figure 24.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 2.0
elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the hole center.


Figure 25.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
Issues will be reported if the center axis distance between two holes are not with the min-dist and max-dist.


Figure 26.

holespair-mismatch

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the hole center.


Figure 27.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0
centernode-search-tolerance
Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the hole center.


Figure 28.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 2.0
Holes not found in the nearest plates are reported as an issue nearest plates. Plate holes are searched with centernode-search-tolerance tolerance.


Figure 29.

Clip-mismatch

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
input-type
Continuous CAD lines or CAD solids.
Default/Allowed: lines or solids
centernode-search-tolerance
Search tolerance from center clip to holes center.


Figure 30.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 2.0
min-dist
Allowable mismatch distance between clip axis and hole axis.


Figure 31.
Default/Allowed: 0.5 to 1.0
max-dist
Maximum distance between clip axis and the hole axis. Greater than this value the clip parts are ignored in the check.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 15.0
Issues will be reported if the center axis of clip data and the center axis of the hole node is greater than the min-dist and less than max-dist.


Figure 32.

Arc/Seam/Adhesive/Seal/Hemming -mismatch

do-check
Turn OFF or ON the check.
Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
input-type
Continuous CAD lines or CAD solids.
Default/Allowed: lines or solids
elem-adj-bbox-tolerance (tol)
Search tolerance for finding the nearest weldable plates. If less than two parts are found the issue is reported.


Figure 33.
Default/Allowed: 10.0
min-dist
Minimum distance between arc weld to the nearest parts. If less than two parts are found the issue is reported.


Default/Allowed: 0.1 to 5.0
max-dist
Maximum distance between weld lines to the nearest parts.
Default/Allowed: 5.0 to 10.0

Finds shape mismatch between the weld lines against the plates with the given min and max distance.

The mismatches are measured from the end points of the line.


Figure 34.