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• Sorry about that. try this one.

  in Modeling a pipe welded to a plate Comment by kam33mitch January 2016
• Victor, Could you take a look at the attached model. I am getting way different results/stresses between CCX and Mecway. Any ideas?

  in Modeling a pipe welded to a plate Comment by kam33mitch January 2016
• After digging in some more I see what you mean. FreeCAD was easier to model with overall when I was trying to put together the entire base.

  in Modeling a pipe welded to a plate Comment by kam33mitch January 2016
• OK, I'm tracking now. The more I play with this the better I understand the construction of things and how the nodes connect or don't connect to each other. It's coming together much quicker for me now. I was able to put together the underneath…

  in Modeling a pipe welded to a plate Comment by kam33mitch January 2016
• There's about 5 ways to model that cap. What I tried was to create a round plate mesh and extrude it. It looks like you revolved a rectangle, is that correct? What I tried failed when trying to do the bonded contact and also gave material assig…

  in Modeling a pipe welded to a plate Comment by kam33mitch January 2016
• Yes, that is exactly what I thought I was doing. Thanks. I'll look at the attached to see what I did wrong.

  in Modeling a pipe welded to a plate Comment by kam33mitch January 2016