Weldments

Contents

• Groups
  

  A group is a collection of related segments in a structural member.

• Profiles and Cut Lists
  

• Cut Lists
  

  A cut list is an item in the FeatureManager design tree that groups the same entities of a part together. It is available in parts that have weldment or sheet metal features.

• Adding Structural Members
  

• Adding Groups
  

• Weldments Toolbar
  

• Weldment Feature
  

  The weldment feature is not a feature in the same sense as a fillet or an extrude. Instead, it sets up a design functionality environment. The weldment feature designates the part as a weldment and enables the weldment environment.

• Weldments - Default Configurations
  

  When a weldment feature is added to a part, the software creates two default configurations: a parent configuration, Default<As Machined>, and a derived configuration, Default<As Welded>.

• Structural Member PropertyManager
  

• Weldments - Creating a Custom Profile
  

  You can create your own weldment profiles to use when creating weldment structural members. You create the profile as a library feature part, then file it in a defined location so it is available for selection.

• Weldments - Pierce Points
  

  The pierce point defines the location of the profile, relative to the sketch segment used to create the structural member.

• Weldments - Trim and Extend
  

  You can use segments and other solid bodies to trim segments so they butt up correctly in the weldment part.

• Weldments - Gussets
  

  Gussets reinforce the area between two intersecting structural members with planar faces.

• Weldments - End Caps
  

  End caps close off open structural members.

• Weld Beads
  

  You can add weld beads to weldment parts and assemblies, and multibody parts.

• Sub-weldments
  

  You create sub-weldments to segment complex weldment models into more manageable entities.

• Custom Properties in Weldments
  

  In a weldment part, the custom properties for the weldments feature and for the cut list represent a different list from the custom properties that are stored at the document level.

• Weldment Cut Lists
  

  You can use a weldment cut list table to add a BOM-like table for cut, welded structural shapes.

• Weldment Drawings
  

  All configurations reference the same cut list for creating balloons. Balloon numbers remain associative to the cut list, even if they are created in another view.