MSC Simufact Welding 2023.3

Description

MSC Simufact Welding 2023.3
Hexagon is proud to announce the availability of Simufact Welding 2023.3.

Simufact Welding is used to model and optimize a wide range of thermal joining processes by means of the welding structure simulation considering weld sequence and clamping. Processes such as arc welding, laser beam welding, electron beam welding, brazing, resistance spot welding as well as the generative manufacturing process ‘Direct Energy Deposition’ (DED or WAAM) can be modeled in Simufact Welding. Simufact Welding can be used to model the heat treatment, different variants for cooling and unclamping as well as the mechanical load on welded structures.

Release 2023.3 Highlights


Some main highlights of this Simufact Welding 2023.3 release include the following:
  • Geometry Boundary Conditions
    • What is it? Simplified spot models can now use geometry boundary conditions, such as bearings, fixed geometries, or clamping.
    • What is in it for you? The updated boundary conditions give users added flexibility and ease to set up the welding simulation more accurately and quickly, which enables users to set up a representative model of their process.
  • Spot-wise remeshing capabilities for all RSW modes
    • What is it? For all RSW models, when calling the ‘Mesh’ function, a new, minimalistic meshing tool is open end that allows meshing components based on the position of weld spots.
    • What is in it for you? Allows users to easily generate and/or refine the mesh within Simufact Welding without any prior knowledge of meshing.
  • Further Improvements
    • What is it? A new model check will inform the user when the ‘skip short load cases’ options have been triggered.  The default temperature scale has been adapted and given an additional grey increment.  Python and scripting enhancements include the added possibility to change the min-max value in the color legend via scripting, an already existing run.bat file is no longer overwritten when using the Python command ‘start_analysis()’, and groupings introduced to Python documentation for more overview.
    • What is in it for you? These further improvements will help the general user experience making it easier and more efficient to set up, run, and evaluate welding simulations.
 

Download