Merging areas

[Fabio360]

Hi,

I'm modeling two beams welded. But i cant figure out how to merge the adjacent volumes. VGLUE is not working.


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ET,1, SOLID185


t=5
s=10
NELEM=0.3

K,1,70,25,250,
K,2,-70,25,250,
K,3,-70,-25,250,
K,4,70,-25,250,



K,5,70-t,25-t,250,
K,6,-70+t,25-t,250,
K,7,-70+t,-25+t,250,
K,8,70-t,-25+t,250,

LSTR, 2, 1
LSTR, 1, 4
LSTR, 4, 3
LSTR, 3, 2
LSTR, 6, 5
LSTR, 5, 8
LSTR, 8, 7
LSTR, 7, 6
!*
LFILLT,1,4,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,4,3,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,3,2,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,2,1,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,5,8,5, ,
!*
LFILLT,8,7,5, ,
!*
LFILLT,7,6,5, ,

!*
LFILLT,5,6,5, ,

LSTR, 9, 17
LSTR, 18, 10
LSTR, 19, 11
LSTR, 20, 12
LSTR, 21, 13
LSTR, 14, 22
LSTR, 24, 15
LSTR, 23, 16

LAL=120*NELEM

LESIZE,1, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,5, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,7, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,3, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LAL=30*NELEM

LESIZE,4, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,8, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,6, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,2, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LAL=8*NELEM
LSEL, ,, , 9, 16, ,
LESIZE,ALL, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LAL=8*NELEM
LSEL, ,, , 17, 24, ,
LESIZE,ALL, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LSEL,ALL






AL,17,13,18,9

AL,18,8,4,19

AL,14,10,19,20

AL,7,3,20,21

AL,15,11,22,21

AL,6,2,22,23

AL,16,24,12,23

AL,24,17,5,1

!AGLUE,ALL
!ESIZE,,20
vext,ALL,,,,,-500

LAL=500*NELEM

LESIZE,29, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,30, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,31, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,32, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LESIZE,36, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,37, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,41, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,42, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LESIZE,51, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,52, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,46, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,47, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LESIZE,61, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,62, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,56, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,57, , ,LAL, , , , ,1


LSEL,ALL



K,48,45,25,45,
K,49,-45,25,45,
K,50,-45,25,-45,
K,51,45,25,-45,

K,52,45-t,25,45-t,
K,53,-45+t,25,45-t,
K,54,-45+t,25,-45+t,
K,55,45-t,25,-45+t,

LSTR, 50, 51
LSTR, 51, 48
LSTR, 48, 49
LSTR, 49, 50
LSTR, 54, 55
LSTR, 55, 52
LSTR, 52, 53
LSTR, 53, 54

LFILLT,68,65,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,69,70,5, ,
!*
LFILLT,70,71,5, ,
!*
LFILLT,71,72,5, ,
!*
LFILLT,68,67,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,67,66,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,65,66,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,69,72,5, ,

LSTR, 42, 63
LSTR, 64, 41
LSTR, 47, 58
LSTR, 56, 57
LSTR, 46, 59
LSTR, 45, 60
LSTR, 61, 43
LSTR, 44, 62

LAL=70*NELEM

LESIZE,65, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,69, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,71, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,67, , ,LAL, , , , ,1


LESIZE,68, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,72, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,70, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,66, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LAL=8*NELEM
LSEL, ,, , 73, 80, ,
LESIZE,ALL, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LAL=5*NELEM
LSEL, ,, , 81, 88, ,
LESIZE,ALL, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LSEL,ALL

AL,82,80,81,73

AL,84,82,72,68

AL,84,76,83,77

AL,85,67,71,83

AL,86,85,78,75

AL,88,86,66,70

AL,87,79,74,88

AL,87,81,69,65

ASEL, ,, , 41, 48, ,

!AGLUE,ALL


!ESIZE,,20
vext,ALL,,,,300,

LAL=300*NELEM

LESIZE,100, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,101, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,106, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,105, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LESIZE,125, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,126, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,120, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,121, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LESIZE,95, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,96, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,94, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,93, , ,LAL, , , , ,1

LESIZE,116, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,115, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,110, , ,LAL, , , , ,1
LESIZE,111, , ,LAL, , , , ,1


ASEL,ALL

K,81,45+s,25,45+s,
K,82,-45-s,25,45+s,
K,83,-45-s,25,-45-s,
K,84,45+s,25,-45-s,

LSTR, 81, 82
LSTR, 82, 83
LSTR, 83, 84
LSTR, 84, 81

LFILLT,132,129,20, ,
!*
LFILLT,130,129,20, ,

LFILLT,131,132,20, ,

LFILLT,130,131,20, ,

K,93,45,25+s,45,
K,94,-45,25+s,45,
K,95,-45,25+s,-45,
K,96,45,25+s,-45,

LSTR, 93, 94
LSTR, 94, 95
LSTR, 95, 96
LSTR, 96, 93

LFILLT,137,138,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,138,139,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,139,140,10, ,
!*
LFILLT,140,137,10, ,

LSTR, 99, 91
LSTR, 92, 100

LSTR, 87, 98
LSTR, 97, 88

LSTR, 104, 86
LSTR, 103, 85

LSTR, 101, 89
LSTR, 102, 90

LSTR, 61, 89
LSTR, 62, 90

LSTR, 60, 85
LSTR, 59, 86

LSTR, 57, 87
LSTR, 58, 88

LSTR, 41, 91
LSTR, 42, 92

LSTR, 57, 98
LSTR, 58, 97

LSTR, 42, 100
LSTR, 41, 99

LSTR, 62, 102
LSTR, 61, 101

LSTR, 59, 104
LSTR, 60, 103



AL,149,156,167

AL,78,168,144,167

AL,155,133,156,78

AL,155,150,168

AL,133,150,144,149

VA,81,82,83,84,85


AL,147,161,157

AL,77,141,161,162

AL,158,148,162

AL,158,134,157,77

AL,147,141,148,134

VA,86,87,88,89,90

AL,146,163,160

AL,164,159,145

AL,163,73,164,142

AL,146,142,145,136

AL,160,73,159,136

VA,91,92,93,94,95

AL,151,153,166

AL,165,152,154

AL,143,79,166,165

AL,153,79,154,135

AL,152,143,151,135

VA,96,97,98,99,100

AL,154,66,132,155

AL,168,140,66,165

AL,150,140,132,152

VA,97,84,102,103,101

AL,137,67,167,162

AL,67,129,156,158

AL,148,137,129,149

VA,104,105,106,81,88

AL,164,68,138,161

AL,159,130,68,157

AL,147,130,138,145

VA,92,86,107,108,109

AL,166,139,65,163

AL,153,65,131,160

AL,146,139,131,151

VA,96,91,110,111,112