HyperWeld

Manufacturing Solutions includes an interface with a HyperWeld user profile and FrictionStirWelding sub-profile. This interface provides tools to create the required data to set up and solve a friction stir welding problem.

Note: The FrictionStirWelding sub-profile shares the same solver with the HyperXtrude user profile. In addition to this online help, a set of tutorials is available to learn the interface for the HyperXtrude solver.

Data Files

Data generated for a friction stir welding analysis is organized into .grf and .fsw or .tcl files:

.grf files	The.grf file contains the mesh, material data, boundary conditions, and other special data.
.fsw or .tcl files	The .fsw file, known as a parameter file or .tcl file, contains commands written in the TCL language to set process parameters and control the solver operations. This file can be saved with either a .fsw or .tcl extension.

Process-Driven GUI Features

Create Mesh

•	Create Weld mesh model

•	Assign materials to components

•	Assign boundary conditions

•	Assign process parameters

Material Database

•	Add/edit/delete materials

•	Assign materials to components

•	Graph flow stress/viscosity

Boundary Condition Editor

•	Create/delete boundary condition data

•	Create loads for each BC

Additional Tools

•	Edit process parameters

•	Edit extract points

•	Inspect model summary

•	Split tet4 to hex8

Data Import and Export