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Sheet Metal: Forming Tools

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Weldment Parts

Adding a Structural Member

Adding More Groups

Adding a Group for the Back of the Box

Completing the Group at the Box

Completing the Rest of the Groups

Adding the Cross Member

Trimming the Structural Members

Defining the Trimming Boundary

Trimming Additional Segments

Adding End Caps

Adding Gussets

Adding Fillet Weld Beads

Sketching a New Segment

Completing the Sketch

Changing the Pierce Point

Completing the Pierce Point

Creating a Sub-Weldment

Creating a Separate Part File

Weldment Drawings

Adding Weld Symbols

Creating Cut List Items

Adding Custom Properties

Adding More Custom Properties

Adding a Cut List

Editing the Cut List Format

Adding a Column to the Cut List

Adding Balloons to the Drawing View

Creating a View of a Weldment Body

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.

Under Trimming Boundary, select Face / plane and click in Face/Bodies.
In the graphics area, select the face that intersects with the rectangular tube, as shown.
Rotate the model and select the inside face at the other end of the rectangular tube.
If necessary, click the keep / discard toggles so that the ends of the tube are discarded and the middle is kept.
Use the keep / discard toggles to exert control over which pieces to retain or delete after trimming.
Click .
The rectangular member is trimmed flush with the two faces.

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