WELDMENTS
Steve Ostrovsky – TPM – CSW (PISTEW)

Weldment Topics
Weldment
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Weldment Profiles - Setup
3dSketching & How to Select Lines
Groups v Members
Custom Profiles
Custom Properties (Tab Builder)
Wood
Weldment w/ Sheet Metal
Weldment with no Members
Drawings – Cut Lists, Single Bodies

Widescreen Pictures
Pictures can also be presented more dramatically in widescreen.

Weldment Profiles - Setup
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Setup network location for
Weldment Profiles
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Folders must be setup in correct order
Design Library
SolidWorks Content
CTRL+Click to download
Tools > Options > File Locations > Weldment Profiles

3DSketching & Sketch Considerations
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Quick 3DSketch Tips
Sketch line & selection considerations
Planar Connected end to end Individual Segments Disconnected Parallel Can’t select at intersection

Groups & Members
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Order of selection in groups determines how segments will be trimmed
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First selected will stay full length
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Last select will be trimmed to meet first

Custom Profiles
No Green L and you get
“Empty Library Feature” error when using profile
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Use existing, modify
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Use Dimensions to drive
Description
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From scratch – Save As Library
Feature
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Asked to create “simplified library feature part” – NO
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After created – Add Sketch to
Library

Custom Properties
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Property Tab builder
Must select Cut-List Item to apply
Weldment Custom Form
 otherwise it will default to part form
Adding Properties to Profiles
Bulk Property Update via
Weldment Feature
Multiple Materials

Wood
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No real profile database exists – create your own
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Can use Weldments without using Structural Members

Weldments & Sheet Metal
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New to SolidWorks 2010
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Sheet Metal parts now get a
Cut-List
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Multiple Sheet Metal bodies in one part

Weldments without Weldments
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Don’t always have to use structural members to take advantage of
Weldment tools
Insert just the Weldment Feature
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Turns off Merge Result
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Insert > Part
 Inserts part as if it were welded – custom properties follow over
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Cut-list turn into “psuedo” part BOM

Drawings – Cut Lists, Single Bodies
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Cut Lists
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Relative View - detailing

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