Adding Fillet Weld Beads

Add fillet weld beads between the gussets and Structural Member1.

  1. Zoom to the bottom left corner of the front group.
  2. Click Fillet Bead (Weldments toolbar).
  3. In the PropertyManager, click .
  4. Under Arrow Side:
    1. Select Full length for Bead type.
    2. Under Fillet size, set Bead size to 3.
    3. Select the gusset face shown for Face set 1 .
    4. Click in Face set 2 , then select the two flat faces of the structural member, as shown.

      The software assigns the Intersecting edges based on your selections for Face set 1 and Face set 2 .

  5. Select Other Side:
    1. Use the same Bead type and Fillet size as in Arrow Side.
    2. Rotate the part, then select the gusset face shown for Face set 1 .
      You can rotate the view about a selected edge. Click Rotate View (View toolbar), click the vertical edge of the gusset, then drag to rotate the view.
    3. Click in Face set 2 , then select the same two flat faces as in Arrow Side.
  6. Click .
    The fillet weld beads and annotation appear.
    If the annotation is not visible, rotate the part back to its original orientation.
  7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to apply fillet weld beads to the remaining three gussets.
  8. Click to close the PropertyManager.
    In the FeatureManager design tree, Fillet Bead1 through Fillet Bead4 appear and Cut list is incremented.
    Unlike the end caps and gussets, the fillet beads are not listed in a separate cut-list-item folder, but they are displayed in the Cut list .
  9. Click File > Save to This PC.