Transcript Welding Weldments Together

WELDMENTS
Steve Ostrovsky – TPM – CSW (PISTEW)
Weldment Topics
Weldment
Topics
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Weldment Profiles - Setup
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3dSketching & How to Select Lines
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Groups v Members
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Custom Profiles
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Custom Properties (Tab Builder)
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Wood
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Weldment w/ Sheet Metal
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Weldment with no Members
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Drawings – Cut Lists, Single Bodies
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Weldment Profiles - Setup
Setup network location for
Weldment Profiles
 Folders must be setup in
correct order
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Design Library
SolidWorks Content
CTRL+Click to download
Tools > Options > File Locations > Weldment Profiles
3DSketching & Sketch Considerations
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Planar Connected end to end
Individual Segments
Quick 3DSketch Tips
Sketch line & selection
considerations
Disconnected Parallel
Can’t select at intersection
Groups & Members
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Order of selection in groups
determines how segments will be
trimmed
First selected will stay full length
Last select will be trimmed to meet first
Custom Profiles
Use existing, modify
 Use Dimensions to drive
Description
 From scratch – Save As Library
Feature
 Asked to create “simplified
library feature part” – NO
 After created – Add Sketch to
Library
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No Green L and you get
“Empty Library Feature”
error when using profile
Custom Properties
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Property Tab builder
Must select Cut-List Item to apply
Weldment Custom Form
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otherwise it will default to part form
Adding Properties to Profiles
Bulk Property Update via
Weldment Feature
Multiple Materials
Wood
 No
real profile database
exists – create your own
 Can use Weldments without
using Structural Members
Weldments & Sheet Metal
 New
to SolidWorks 2010
 Sheet Metal parts now get a
Cut-List
 Multiple Sheet Metal bodies in
one part
Weldments without Weldments
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Don’t always have to use structural
members to take advantage of
Weldment tools
Insert just the Weldment Feature
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Insert > Part
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Turns off Merge Result
Inserts part as if it were welded –
custom properties follow over
Cut-list turn into “psuedo” part BOM
Drawings – Cut Lists, Single Bodies
 Cut
Lists
 Relative View - detailing
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