Welding Weldments Together
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Transcript Welding Weldments Together
WELDMENTS
Steve Ostrovsky – TPM – CSW (PISTEW)
Weldment Topics
Weldment
Topics
Weldment Profiles - Setup
3dSketching & How to Select Lines
Groups v Members
Custom Profiles
Custom Properties (Tab Builder)
Wood
Weldment w/ Sheet Metal
Weldment with no Members
Drawings – Cut Lists, Single Bodies
Widescreen Pictures
Pictures can also be presented more dramatically in widescreen.
Weldment Profiles - Setup
Setup network location for
Weldment Profiles
Folders must be setup in
correct order
Design Library
SolidWorks Content
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Tools > Options > File Locations > Weldment Profiles
3DSketching & Sketch Considerations
Planar Connected end to end
Individual Segments
Quick 3DSketch Tips
Sketch line & selection
considerations
Disconnected Parallel
Can’t select at intersection
Groups & Members
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
No Green L and you get
“Empty Library Feature”
error when using profile
Custom Properties
Property Tab builder
Must select Cut-List Item to apply
Weldment Custom Form
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
Don’t always have to use structural
members to take advantage of
Weldment tools
Insert just the Weldment Feature
Insert > Part
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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