- Weldment Parts
You use 2D and 3D sketches to define the basic framework of a weldment part. Then you add structural members along the sketch segments. To start this lesson, open the part document weldment_box.SLDPRT, which already contains some 2D and 3D sketches.
- Adding a Structural Member
Add a group within a structural member along the four front segments.
- Adding More Groups
In the same structural member, add a group along the side segments.
- Adding a Group for the Back of the Box
Now add a group for the back of the box. Instead of mitered corners like the front of the box, make the two horizontal bodies butt up against the sides of the vertical bodies, and leave the ends of the vertical bodies open at the top and bottom.
- Completing the Group at the Box
- Completing the Rest of the Groups
- Adding the Cross Member
Now add a new structural member with a rectangular profile across the top of the box.
- Trimming the Structural Members
Now trim the structural members so they butt against each other correctly in the weldment part. First, trim the ends of the cross member.
- Defining the Trimming Boundary
Selecting Face / plane for Trimming Boundary is normally more efficient and offers better performance. Select Bodies for Trimming Boundary if you want to trim up to a structural member that does not have a planar (flat) face, such as a pipe.
- Trimming Additional Segments
Next trim the upper-left and lower-right side segments where they intersect with the back structural member. You trimmed the other two corners when you applied corner treatments.
- Adding End Caps
Now add end caps to close the open ends of the segments of the back structural member.
- Adding Gussets
You can add gusset features between two adjoining planar faces. Gussets can have triangular or polygonal profiles. In this lesson, you add triangular gussets to the four front corners of the weldment part.
- Adding Fillet Weld Beads
Add fillet weld beads between the gussets and Structural Member1.
- Sketching a New Segment
Now add the two rails on the bottom of the box. First, sketch the lines to locate the rails.
- Completing the Sketch
- Changing the Pierce Point
Add an I-beam structural member along the sketch segments to define the rails on the bottom of the part. You change the pierce point of the I-beam profile to position the structural member properly.
- Completing the Pierce Point
- Creating a Sub-Weldment
You can group related entities together into sub-weldments. Create a sub-weldment for the back of the box, to group the four structural member segments and four end caps.
- Creating a Separate Part File
Now create a separate part file for the sub-weldment.
- Weldment Drawings
In this lesson you create a drawing for the part you created in the Weldment Parts lesson. The drawing includes views of the part and a cut list with custom properties.
- Adding Weld Symbols
You can insert the weld annotations from the model into the drawing view.
- Creating Cut List Items
You can display a cut list on the drawing sheet.
- Adding Custom Properties
You can add custom properties, such as part number and description, to cut list items. You can display the custom properties in the cut list that you add to the drawing.
- Adding More Custom Properties
- Adding a Cut List
Add the cut list to the drawing.
- Editing the Cut List Format
You can edit the table format directly from the cut list table.
- Adding a Column to the Cut List
Add a new column to the cut list for the custom property PARTNUMBER that you added in the part document.
- Adding Balloons to the Drawing View
Now add balloons to the drawing view.
- Creating a View of a Weldment Body
To create a drawing view of a single body from the weldment part, you select the body and define the view orientation in the part document, then return to the drawing document to place the view. Create a view of the rectangular cross member.
- Completing the View