Child Setup

Table of contents

• About
• Usage
• Graphics

About

The Child Setup let you re-use the Add Welds Group setup from one linked parent structural (or thermal) analysis.

If updating the weld setup in the parent analysis the linked setup will automatically get the new data.

Usage

Click on “Child Setup” in the toolbar to insert the Child Setup in the current static analysis. It is not possible to combine a Child Setup and other Add Welds Groups in the same analysis. It is therefore not possible to add a Child Setup if other active Add Welds Groups exist (or the opposite).

A Child Setup can be added to a Random Vibration or Response Spectrum analysis to display the Welds used in the Modal analysis and to add result objects using the context action.

Inputs to define the Child Setup are:

After adding the Child Setup the model can be solved using the Add Welds Groups setup of the Parent Analysis.

The Child Setup will not be aware if the parent weld objects are modified and “invalidate” the current solution. You must manually clear the analysis with the Child Setup and re-run the analysis to get the new properties.

The parent analysis must have at least one Fillet/Butt Welds Group (but it does not need to have any children) to be identified.

To re-use the weld results from the parent analysis after adding the Child Setup use the context action: “Add Parent Results”.
To add default results use the context action: “Add Weld Strength”.

To re-use the weld results from the parent analysis (or another analysis) after adding the Child Setup first select the analysis and click Save Weld Configuration. Then select the child analysis and click Import Weld Configuration and browse to the parent working directory. In this way the results will be linked to the correct load objects.

Graphics

The Child Setup displays all butt and fillet weld objects from the selected parent analysis.