Bolt Studio

The Bolt Studio plug-in provides the user with a streamlined method for defining bolts, nuts, and washers, and placing them into an existing Abaqus/CAE model. Users can control the default set of bolts that are displayed in the interface via a simple Python-based configuration file. The bolts, nuts, and washers, where applicable, are generated parametrically within Abaqus/CAE, and meshed automatically using a hexahedral mesh. The mesh size is determined automatically based on the dimensions of the bolt (the user can re-mesh, if required, the parts using the native meshing tools within Abaqus/CAE). The bolt is automatically partitioned and the user specified pre-loading applied.

Additional Information

SCC Paper - GM BoltStudio: A Suite of Extensions to Abaqus/CAE for Simulating Bolted Assemblies at General Motors
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