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Weldments

Weldments. Steve Ostrovsky – TPM – CSW (PISTEW). Weldment Topics. Weldment Topics. 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

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Weldments

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  1. Weldments Steve Ostrovsky – TPM– CSW (PISTEW)

  2. Weldment Topics Weldment Topics • 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

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

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

  5. 3DSketching & Sketch Considerations • Quick 3DSketch Tips • Sketch line & selection considerations Disconnected Parallel Planar Connected end to end Individual Segments Can’t select at intersection

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

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

  8. Custom Properties • 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

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

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

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

  12. Drawings – Cut Lists, Single Bodies • Cut Lists • Relative View - detailing

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