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Weldments

Weldments functionality enables you to design a weldment structure as a single multibody part.

You use 2D and 3D sketches to define the basic framework. Then you create structural members containing groups of sketch segments. You can also add items such as gussets and end caps using tools on the Weldments toolbar.

For more information about weldments, see SOLIDWORKS Tutorials: Weldments by clicking Help > SOLIDWORKS Tutorials .

When you create the first structural member in a part, a weldment feature is created and added to the FeatureManager design tree. The software also creates two default configurations in the ConfigurationManager: a parent configuration Default[As Machined] and a derived configuration Default[As Welded].

On a per document basis, you can suppress the automatic creation of the [As Welded] configuration. Before adding weldments to a new document, click Options (Standard toolbar). On the Weldments page of Document Properties, clear Create derived configuration.

You can also configure multiple weldment profiles of structural members as library features. You can add different configurations of a structural member and save them as one profile in a library feature. For example, instead of having 50 separate library feature files for square tubing sizes, you can have one library feature file with 50 configurations that you can control by a design table.

When creating or editing structural members, you can select the configured library features in the Structural Member PropertyManager.

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

  • Transferring Material Properties from Library Profiles

    You can transfer the material properties of a library profile when you use it as a structural member.

  • 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>.

  • Disabling Automatic Creation of Derived Weldment Configurations

    You can disable the automatic creation of derived configurations if you do not use these configurations.

  • 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

    To close off open structural members, you can add end caps, including internal end caps.

  • 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 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.

  • Weldment Cut List Tables

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



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