Creating Surface Analysis Connections

Surface analysis connections are used for projecting a welding surface onto parallel faces of separate parts in the assembly. You can use a surface analysis connection as support for a surface welding connection property.

This task shows you how to create a surface analysis connection between two parts in the assembly.

  1. Click the Surface Analysis Connection icon .

    The Surface Analysis Connection dialog box appears, and a Surface Analysis Connection object appears in the specification tree under the Analysis Connections objects set.

  2. You can change the identifier of the surface analysis connection by editing the Name field.

  3. Select the first part.

  4. Select the second part.

  5. Select the face that will be used as the welding surface. You can select only a single face.

  6. Click OK in the Surface Analysis Connection dialog box.

    A symbol representing the surface analysis connection appears between the two parts.