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The Spot Weld Module supports three commonly used methods for modeling Spot Welds:
1. Spot welds modeled as stiff MSC Nastran CBARS.
2. Spot welds modeled as MSC Nastran CWELD elements. The ALIGN, GRIDID and ELEMID options on the CWELD connectivity are supported.
3. Spot welds modeled with MSC Nastran CHEX/MPC elements.
Each of these methods are illustrated with examples.