Circular Welds - Computing Mesh

[Anonymous]

Situation-

I have a 2in Dia. bar and a vertical plate.  The bar end is flush with the face of the plate.  I place a 0.25in fillet weld around the bar (welding the bar end flush to the plate face).  I set up my analysis and adjust the Local Control Mesh as needed.  When I go to update mesh, it gets stuck and continues to run (after 20minutes).  When I remove the 0.25in fillet weld, the analysis runs without any hickups.  Is there an issue with the program with respects to welds in circular shapes?

See picture attached....

[Anonymous]

I should also add that I am using Inventor 2012 on Windows XPX 32 Bit system.

[Anonymous]

Anybody?

[henderh · Accepted solution]

Hi Dan,

  This is a known issue with "full around" circular fillet welds created in a R2012_RTM build.

  There is a workaround to "heal" the fillet welds:

1)  Install Service Pack 1

2)  Open the assembly and do a "Rebuild-all" (Manage tab) => This will "heal" the fillet weld

3)  Mesh => the geometry can be meshed successfully

I apologize for the late reply.

Best regards, -Hugh