connection
Connection check configurations.
GUI Default Settings
- slide-number
- Initial slide # displayed on the report.
- action
- Action items.
- mode
- Execution mode. Interactive mode will be slower than background mode.
- input
- Initial director for CAD Input.
- output
- Initial director for results output.
Hole Detection
- min-diameter
- Minimum diameter for surface hole recognition. Holes below this diameter will be ignored.
- max-diameter
- Maximum diameter for surface hole recognition. Holes above this diameter will be ignored.
- min-nodes
- Minimum number of nodes to recognize FE hole. Holes with nodes less than this number will be ignored.
- max-nodes
- Maximum number of nodes to recognize FE hole. Holes with nodes greater than this number will be ignored.
- 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.
Free Hole
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
- Search tolerance for searching nearest bolts/nuts from the hole
center.
Figure 1.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_connection_free_hole.png)
Figure 2.
freeboltnut
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- bolt-box-tolerance
- Search tolerance for searching nearest plates from the bolt outer
surfaces.
Figure 3. - nut-box-tolerance
- Search tolerance for searching nearest plates from the nut outer
surface.
Figure 4. - allowed-plate-comps
- These named parts will not be considered as plates.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_connection_freeboltnut.png)
Figure 5.
bolthole-mismatch
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- input-type
- Continuous CAD lines or CAD solids.
- centernode-search-tolerance
- Search tolerance for searching holes from bolt CAD surface.
Figure 6. - elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
- Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the bolt outer surface.
Figure 7. - min-dist
- Allowable mismatch distance between bolt axis and hole axis.
Figure 8. - max-dist
- Maximum search distance between bolt axis and the hole axis.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_bolthole_mismatch.png)
Figure 9.
nuthole-mismatch
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- input-type
- Continuous CAD lines or CAD solids.
- centernode-search-tolerance
- Search tolerance for searching holes from bolt/nut CAD surface.
Figure 10. - elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
- Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the nut outer surface.
Figure 11. - 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. - 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.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_nuthole_mismatch.png)
Figure 13.
boltnut-mismatch
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
- Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the nut outer surface.
Figure 14. - 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. - 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. - 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.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_boltnut_mismatch.png)
Figure 17.
boltnutsize-mismatch
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
- Tolerance for searching nearest bolt, plates from the nut outer
surface.
Figure 18. - 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. - 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. - 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.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_boltnutsize_mismatch.png)
Figure 22.
holes-mismatch
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- 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. - max-dist
- Maximum search distance between hole center node axis.
- centernode-search-tolerance
- Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the hole center.
Figure 24. - elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
- Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the hole center.
Figure 25.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_holes_mismatch.png)
Figure 26.
holespair-mismatch
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- elem-adj-bbox-tolerance
- Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the hole center.
Figure 27. - centernode-search-tolerance
- Tolerance for searching nearest plates from the hole center.
Figure 28.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_holespair_mismatch.png)
Figure 29.
Clip-mismatch
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- input-type
- Continuous CAD lines or CAD solids.
- centernode-search-tolerance
- Search tolerance from center clip to holes center.
Figure 30. - min-dist
- Allowable mismatch distance between clip axis and hole axis.
Figure 31. - max-dist
- Maximum distance between clip axis and the hole axis. Greater than this value the clip parts are ignored in the check.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_connection_clip_mismatch.png)
Figure 32.
Arc/Seam/Adhesive/Seal/Hemming -mismatch
- do-check
- Turn OFF or ON the check.
- input-type
- Continuous CAD lines or CAD 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. - min-dist
- Minimum distance between arc weld to the nearest parts. If less than two
parts are found the issue is reported.
- max-dist
- Maximum distance between weld lines to the nearest parts.
Finds shape mismatch between the weld lines against the plates with the given min and max distance.
![](../../../images/mvd_config_connection_mismatch.png)
Figure 34.