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Weldments
Weldments functionality enables you to design a weldment structure as a single multibody part.
You use 2D and 3D sketches to define the basic framework. Then you create structural members containing groups
of sketch segments. You can also add items such as gussets and end caps using tools on the Weldments toolbar.
For more information about weldments, see SOLIDWORKS Tutorials: Weldments by clicking Help >
SOLIDWORKS Tutorials.
When you create the first structural member in a part, a weldment feature is created and added to the
FeatureManager design tree. The software also creates two default configurations in the ConfigurationManager: a
parent configuration Default[As Machined] and a derived configuration Default[As Welded].
On a per document basis, you can suppress the automatic creation of the [As Welded] configuration.
Before adding weldments to a new document, click Options (Standard toolbar). On the Weldments
page of Document Properties, clear Create derived configuration.
You can also configure multiple weldment profiles of structural members as library features. You can add different
configurations of a structural member and save them as one profile in a library feature. For example, instead of
having 50 separate library feature files for square tubing sizes, you can have one library feature file with 50
configurations that you can control by a design table.
When creating or editing structural members, you can select the configured library features in the Structural
Member PropertyManager.
Groups
A group is a collection of related segments in a structural member.
Profiles and Cut Lists
Cut Lists
A cut list is an item in the FeatureManager design tree that groups the same entities of a part together. It is
available in parts that have weldment or sheet metal features.
Adding Structural Members
Adding Groups
Weldments Toolbar
Weldment Feature
The weldment feature is not a feature in the same sense as a fillet or an extrude. Instead, it sets up a design
functionality environment. The weldment feature designates the part as a weldment and enables the weldment
environment.
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Weldments - Default Configurations
When a weldment feature is added to a part, the software creates two default configurations: a parent
configuration, Default<As Machined>, and a derived configuration, Default<As Welded>.
Disabling Automatic Creation of Derived Weldment Configurations
You can disable the automatic creation of derived configurations if you do not use these configurations.
Structural Member PropertyManager
Weldments - Creating a Custom Profile
You can create your own weldment profiles to use when creating weldment structural members. You create the
profile as a library feature part, then file it in a defined location so it is available for selection.
Weldments - Pierce Points
The pierce point defines the location of the profile, relative to the sketch segment used to create the structural
member.
Weldments - Trim and Extend
You can use segments and other solid bodies to trim segments so they butt up correctly in the weldment part.
Weldments - Gussets
Gussets reinforce the area between two intersecting structural members with planar faces.
Weldments - End Caps
To close off open structural members, you can add end caps, including internal end caps.
Weld Beads
You can add weld beads to weldment parts and assemblies, and multibody parts.
Sub-weldments
You create sub-weldments to segment complex weldment models into more manageable entities.
Custom Properties in Weldments
In a weldment part, the custom properties for the weldments feature and for the cut list represent a different
list from the custom properties that are stored at the document level.
Weldment Drawings
All configurations reference the same cut list for creating balloons. Balloon numbers remain associative to the
cut list, even if they are created in another view.
Weldment Cut List Tables
You can use a weldment cut list table to add a BOM-like table for cut, welded structural shapes.
Groups
A group is a collection of related segments in a structural member.
You configure a group to affect all its segments without affecting other segments or groups in the structural
member.
Types of groups are:
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Contiguous A continuous contour of segments joined end-to-end. You can control

how the segments join to each other. The end point of the group can
optionally connect to its beginning point.
Parallel A discontinuous collection of parallel segments. Segments in the group

cannot touch each other.
You can define a group in a single plane or in multiple planes.

A group can contain one or more segments.
A structural member can contain one or more groups.
After you define a group, you can operate on it as a single unit. Use the Structural Member
PropertyManager to:
Specify the corner treatment for the segments in the group.
Create weld gaps between segments to allow space for weld beads.
Mirror the profile of a single group.
Align, rotate, or translate the profile of a group without affecting other groups in the structural member.
Profiles and Cut Lists

All structural members include the following attributes:
Structural members use profiles, for example, an angle iron.
Profiles are identified by Standard, Type, and Size. You can:
Create your own profiles and add them to the existing library of weldment profiles.
Specify the orientation and pierce point of the profile relative to the sketch segment.
Weldment profiles are located in: install_dir\lang\lang\weldment profiles. You can add or change
locations for weldment profiles in Tools > Options > System Options > File Locations .
All groups in a single structural member must use the same profile.
Structural members appear in the FeatureManager design tree as Structural Member1, Structural
Member2, and so on. Bodies created by the structural members appear under Cut list in the
FeatureManager design tree.
You can assign materials to structural members.
Cut Lists
A cut list is an item in the FeatureManager design tree that groups the same entities of a part together. It is
available in parts that have weldment or sheet metal features.
Changing the Order of Cut List Item Folders
You can reorder Cut-List-Item folders. Because the order of the Cut-List-Item folders drives the cut list
entries, you can apply a customized order to the cut list. The reordering propagates to the cut lists in the part
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and drawing.
Excluding Folders from Cut Lists
You can customize a cut list by excluding cut list folders from cut lists.
Excluding Features from Cut Lists
Updating Cut Lists
You can update cut lists manually or automatically.
Naming Cut List Folders Automatically
You can have the software automatically name cut list folders in a weldment part using the value of the cut list
DESCRIPTION property.
Cut-List Properties Dialog Box
The Cut-List Properties dialog box lets you manage, edit, and view all cut list item properties.
Materials in Weldment Cut Lists
Weldment cut lists recognize materials when determining whether bodies are identical.
Configurations in Weldment Cut Lists
Bounding Boxes in Weldments
You can create a bounding box for any cut list item in a cut list, independent of the type of solid bodies in the
cut list item.
Propagating Cut List Properties
You can use the Insert Into New Part command to copy cut list properties to the file level or the cut list level.
Adding Structural Members
1. Create a sketch.
Using linear or curved sketch entities, you can create multiple 2D sketches with planes, create a 3D
sketch, or combine 2D and 3D sketches.
2. Click Structural Member (Weldments toolbar) or Insert > Weldments > Structural Member .
3. Make selections in the PropertyManager to define the profile for the structural member.
4. In the graphics area, select sketch segments to define the path for the structural member.
5. Click .
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Adding Groups
1. Create a sketch.
2. Click Structural Member (Weldments toolbar) or Insert > Weldments > Structural Member.
3. Make selections in the PropertyManager to define the profile for the structural member.
4. To create the first group, select a series of segments on the sketch.

The second segment you select determines the type of group you are creating.
To create a contiguous group, select a segment adjoining the first segment.
To create a parallel group, select a segment parallel to the first segment.
Group1 appears in Groups. Under Settings, the identifiers of the paths you selected appear under Path
segments.
5. To create the next group, right-click in the graphics area and select Create New Group or under
Selections, click New Group.
6. Select the second set of segments.
7. Select a group in Groups and change its attributes under Settings.
8. Click and create additional structural members as needed.
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Weldments Toolbar
Weldment Weld Bead
Structural Member Fillet Bead
Gusset Trim/Extend
End Cap
Weldment Feature
The weldment feature is not a feature in the same sense as a fillet or an extrude. Instead, it sets up a design
functionality environment. The weldment feature designates the part as a weldment and enables the weldment
environment.
The weldment feature:
Activates the multibody environment by clearing the Merge result check box in the PropertyManagers of
features that add material.
Acts as a placeholder for common custom properties that are inherited by all cut list items.
Weldments - Default Configurations

When a weldment feature is added to a part, the software creates two default configurations: a parent
configuration, Default<As Machined>, and a derived configuration, Default<As Welded>.
You create the model in the <As Machined> configuration, and include all machined features. Then, if you want
to show the part as it appears before the machining operations are performed, you use the <As Welded>
configuration and suppress the machined features.
For example, for the following part:
1. In the <As Machined> configuration, you create the structural members, extrude the plate, add weld
beads, and add the holes in the plate and structural members.
2. Then, in the <As Welded> configuration, you suppress the hole features.
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On a per document basis, you can suppress the automatic creation of the [As Welded] configuration.
Before adding weldments to a new document, click Options (Standard toolbar). On the Weldments
page of Document Properties, clear Create derived configuration.
Disabling Automatic Creation of Derived Weldment

Configurations
You can disable the automatic creation of derived configurations if you do not use these configurations.
Previously, the software automatically created derived configurations when you selected Weldments or created a
structural member. This is still the default behavior. However, many users do not want derived configurations and
choose to delete them.
To disable the automatic creation of derived weldment configurations and configuration
description strings:
1. In a new part, before inserting a weldment, click Options (Standard toolbar) or Tools > Options.
2. On the Document Properties tab, click Weldments.
3. Do one of the following:
To disable automatic creation of derived weldment configurations and configuration description strings,
clear Create derived configuration.
Assign configuration Description strings is cleared.
To disable only the assignment of configuration description strings, clear Assign configuration
Description strings.
4. Click OK.
Structural Member PropertyManager

To open the Structural Member PropertyManager:
Add or edit a structural member in a weldment part.
You can set the default color for Structural Member features in Model Display Options.
Selections
Specify the profile of the structural member by selecting a standard, type, and size.
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Standard Select iso, ansi inch, or a custom standard that you previously defined.
Type Select a Profile Type, such as angle iron or square tube.
Sample profile types:
angle iron rectangular tube
pipe c channel
Size Select a Profile, such as 20 x 20 x 3.
Additional weldment profiles are available on the Design Library tab . Under
SOLIDWORKS Content , in the Weldments folder, Ctrl + click items to download
.zip files.
Merge arc (For curved entities only.) Select to merge arc segment bodies with adjacent bodies in the
segment structural member. Clear to create a separate body for each curved entity. The arc segment and
bodies adjacent bodies must be tangent in order to merge.
Selected Cleared
One structural member, one solid body. One structural member, five solid bodies.
Groups Select a group to configure under Settings.

The SOLIDWORKS software shows the group you select in a different color. In the graphics area,
when you pause the pointer over a group member, a tooltip identifies the group.
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Settings
Configure the selected group:
Path segments Lists the segments in the group.

Apply corner treatment (Available for contiguous groups only.) Defines how to trim
segments of the group when they intersect at corners. You can
clear Apply corner treatment and specify a corner treatment
later (for example, when you trim the structural members).
You can also modify the corner treatment, allowing you to
specify multiple corner treatments per group.
End Miter End Butt1 End Butt2
Merge miter trimmed bodies (Available when you select Apply corner treatment and click
End Miter .) Combines weld member bodies so that the

length of the resulting weld member body in the weldment cut
list is equal to the sum of the maximum lengths of the uncut
weld member bodies.
Gap between Connected (Available for contiguous groups only.) Specify the weld gap at
Segments in Same Group the corners of segments in the same group.
Gap between Different Group Specify the weld gap where the ends of this group's segments
Segments abut segments in another group.
Specifying a weld gap shortens segment lengths, as

reflected in the cut list, and retains the overall extent
of each segment.
Allow protrusion Allows the structural member to extend the length of the
sketch. This is helpful when one structural member (A) is used
to trim another member (B), but A does not fully cut B. It
allows the portion of B that is not cut by A to extend to the
length of the sketch.
Mirror Profile Flips the profile of the group about its Horizontal Axis or
Vertical Axis.
Alignment Aligns an axis of the group profile to any selected vector
(edge, construction line, etc.). Select which axis of the profile
to align:
Horizontal axis
Vertical axis
Rotation Angle Rotates the structural member by a set number of degrees.
Locate Profile Zooms to the profile so you can change its pierce point relative
to the sketch segment. The default pierce point is the sketch
origin.
Configurations
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Select the configurations to apply to the structural member:

This configuration
All configurations
Specify configurations
Example of Two Bodies Sharing a Point
Changing Corner Treatments
Within a structural member, you can override the corner treatment within a group or between adjacent groups.
You can also merge an arc body with an adjacent body and specify weld gaps and trim order.
Examples of Trim Order
Structural Member Visual Grouping
To make it easier to create and edit structural members with multiple groups, when you select a group it
highlights in the preview.
Weldments - Creating a Custom Profile

You can create your own weldment profiles to use when creating weldment structural members. You create the
profile as a library feature part, then file it in a defined location so it is available for selection.
Additional weldment profiles are available on the Design Library tab . Under SOLIDWORKS Content
, in the Weldments folder, Ctrl + click items to download .zip files.
To create a weldment profile:
1. Open a new part.
2. Sketch a profile. Keep in mind that when you create a weldment structural member using the profile:
The origin of the sketch becomes the default pierce point.
You can select any vertex or sketch point in the sketch as an alternate pierce point.
3. Close the sketch.
4. In the FeatureManager design tree, select Sketch1.
5. Click File > Save As.
6. In the dialog box:
a. In Save in, browse to install_dir\lang\language\weldment profiles and select or create

appropriate <standard> and <type> subfolders. See Weldments - File Location for Custom Profiles.
b. In Save as type, select Lib Feat Part (*.sldlfp).
c. Type a name for Filename.
d. Click Save.
The name that you give to the library feature part appears in the Size list in the Structural
Member PropertyManager when you create a weldment structural member. For example, if you
name the profile 1x1x.125.sldlfp, then 1x1x.125 appears in Size. If you name the part
big.sldlfp, then big appears in Size.
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Weldments - File Location for Custom Profiles
The default location for weldment profiles is install_dir\lang\language\weldment profiles.
Storing Custom Profiles in the Existing Folder Structure
You can file your custom profile in the folder structure that SOLIDWORKS provides, or you can create a separate
folder structure.
Storing Custom Profiles in a Separate Folder Structure
If you want to store your profiles in a separate location, you can create a separate folder structure, and then
specify it as a weldment profile file location.
Weldments - Pierce Points

The pierce point defines the location of the profile, relative to the sketch segment used to create the structural
member.
The default pierce point is the sketch origin in the profile library feature part. Any vertex or sketch point specified
in the profile can also be used as a pierce point.
Example: Same profile, with three different pierce points selected.
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Changing Pierce Points

To change a pierce point:
1. Right-click a structural member and select Edit Feature.
2. In the PropertyManager, under Settings, click Locate Profile.

The display zooms to the profile of the structural member.
3. Select any of the vertices or sketch points on the profile.

The profile shifts to align the new pierce point with the structural member sketch segment.
4. Click .
Weldments - Trim and Extend

You can use segments and other solid bodies to trim segments so they butt up correctly in the weldment part.
With Trim/Extend, you can trim or extend:
Two segments at a corner where they meet.
One or more segments against another solid body.
Both ends of a segment at once.
You should trim all corners in a weldment model to assure that lengths of segments are calculated
accurately.
Example of corner types:
Not trimmed. End Trim End Miter
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End Butt1 End Butt2
Trimming Segments
Trim/Extend PropertyManager
Weldments - Gussets
Gussets reinforce the area between two intersecting structural members with planar faces.
There are two types of gussets:
Triangular Profile Polygonal Profile
In addition to options to create gussets for structural members with planar faces, the Gusset PropertyManager
includes geometric selection conditions for creating gussets.
You can create gussets between:
Disjointed planar surface bodies separated by a structural member, body radius, or gap
Rectangular/planar surface bodies and cylindrical/round surface bodies
Cylindrical to cylindrical (tube to tube) faces
Plate to rectangular tube Disjointed faces that intersect but do not touch
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Rectangular tube to cylinder Cylinder to cylinder
To access these features, click Gusset (Weldments toolbar) or Insert > Weldments > Gusset.
For cylindrical to cylindrical gussets, in the Gusset PropertyManager, you can use planes, sketch lines, and linear
edges to define a vector direction. You can also flip the vector direction to the opposite side of the cylinder.
If you provide valid inputs for the selected geometry, a preview of the gusset appears in the graphics area.
You can set the default color for Gusset features in Model Display Options.
Adding Gussets
Creating a Cylinder-to-Cylinder Gusset
You can add gussets to provide center-to-center reinforcement of cylinders.
Gusset PropertyManager
Weldments - End Caps

To close off open structural members, you can add end caps, including internal end caps.
To apply fillets or chamfers to all end caps, under Corner Treatment, select Fillet or Chamfer.
You can offset an end cap from the inside face of a structural member by specifying a decimal Offset value in
addition to the Thickness ratio.
You can set Outward and Inward end caps to be larger than the structural member's outside dimension for base
plate or mounting pad applications. You can set the Thickness ratio to be larger than 1 for these applications.
You can add end caps only to profiles with linear edges.
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Adding End Caps
End Cap PropertyManager
Weld Beads
You can add weld beads to weldment parts and assemblies, and multibody parts.
Key features of weld beads:
Compatibility with all types of geometry, including bodies with gaps
Inclusion of weld bead properties in drawings using weld tables
Automatically created weld symbols
Association of weld symbols with the weld beads
In the FeatureManager design tree, a separate Weld Bead folder that contains the weld beads
Weld beads use a simplified display. They are displayed as graphical representations in models. No geometry is
created. The weld beads are lightweight and do not affect performance.
For information about weld beads in assemblies, see Weld Beads in Assemblies.
For information about weld tables in drawings, see Weld Tables.
Creating Weld Beads
Smart Weld Selection Tool
Use the Smart Weld Selection Tool to select faces to which you want to apply weld beads. The tool is
available in the Weld Bead PropertyManager.
Creating Single Body Weld Beads
You can create a weld bead on a single body using Weld Geometry.
Creating Weld Beads on Multibody Parts
Changing the Type and Size of Weld Beads
You can edit weld beads as you would any feature by right-clicking a weld bead in the FeatureManager design
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tree and clicking Edit Feature . However, you can also drag weld beads within the Weld Folder to
change the type and size of the weld bead in the weld symbol.
Weld Bead PropertyManager
The Weld Bead PropertyManager lets you insert and define weld beads.
Weld Bead Properties Dialog Box
Use the Weld Bead Properties dialog box to set weld bead properties that appear in weld tables in drawings.
Weldments - Fillet Weld Beads
You can add full length, intermittent, or staggered fillet weld beads between any intersecting weldment entities
such as structural members, plate weldments, or gussets.
Sub-weldments
You create sub-weldments to segment complex weldment models into more manageable entities.
Sub-weldments can include any entity listed in the Cut list folder , including structural members, end caps,
gussets, weld fillet beads, and structural members trimmed with the Trim/Extend tool.
When you create subweldments, or when you save weldment bodies to new parts, the cut list properties from the
parents propagate to the subweldments or new parts. In the Cut-List Properties dialog box, the Value / Text
Expression of the properties appear as Linked to Parent Part - parent .sldprt. You cannot edit the cut list
properties unless you break the reference to the parent part.
Creating Sub-weldments
To create a sub-weldment:
1. In the FeatureManager design tree of the weldment model, expand the Cut list folder .
2. Select the entities to include in the sub-weldment, using Shift or Ctrl to group-select.
The selected entities highlight in the graphics area.
3. Right-click and select Create sub-weldment.
A sub-weldment folder containing the selected entities appears under the Cut list folder .
4. Right-click the sub-weldment folder and select Insert into New Part.
The sub-weldment model opens in a new SOLIDWORKS window, and the Save As dialog box appears.
5. Accept or edit the name for File name, and click Save.
Changes made in the weldment model propagate to the sub-weldment model.
Custom Properties in Weldments

In a weldment part, the custom properties for the weldments feature and for the cut list represent a different list
from the custom properties that are stored at the document level.
The default location for the Weldment Property File is:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS version\lang
\language\weldments\weldmentproperties.txt
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There is no Application Data folder in the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.
You can change the location of the list in File Location Options.
The profile library parts may carry any commonly used custom properties. For example, profiles supplied with the
SOLIDWORKS application include the custom property Description.
In case of naming conflicts between the weldment feature and the weldment profile, the profile name
takes precedence.
You can use Property Tab Builder to create custom tabs for weldments.
Custom Properties in Weldment Cut Lists
Weldment cut lists include the item number (ITEM NO.) and quantity (QTY.) and cut list custom properties.
Assigning Custom Properties
Custom Property Values
Adding Custom Properties
Example: Using Length and Angle Custom Properties
Weldment Drawings
Drawings of weldments support:
Views of entire weldment parts
Views of single bodies of weldment parts (Relative Views)
Weldment cut lists
Balloons
AutoBalloons
Alternating crosshatch for section views
Example of weldment cut list:
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Balloons in Weldment Drawings

All configurations reference the same cut list for creating balloons. Balloon numbers remain associative to the cut
list, even if they are created in another view.
A balloon attached to a body in a drawing view of the entire weldment and a balloon attached to the same body in
a drawing view showing only the body have the same item number.
If you insert AutoBalloons into a drawing view of a weldment and the drawing does not contain a cut list, you are
prompted whether you want to create a cut list.
If you delete a cut list, all balloons related to the cut list change their Item Number to 1.
Weldment Cut List Tables

You can use a weldment cut list table to add a BOM-like table for cut, welded structural shapes.
When the first weldment feature is inserted in a part, the Solid Bodies folder is renamed to Cut list to
indicate the items to include in the cut list. The icon indicates that the cut list needs to be updated. The icon
indicates that the cut list is up-to-date.
Items that appear in the cut list must appear in the Cut list folder at the part level.
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The option to automatically organize all of the weldment entities in the cut list is on by default in new
weldment parts. To turn it off, right-click Cut list and clear Create Cut Lists Automatically.
Although the cut list is generated automatically, you manually specify when to update it in a weldment part
document. This enables you to make many changes, then update the cut list once.
Inserting Weldment Cut List Tables in Drawings
Weldment Cut List PropertyManager
Specify properties for weldment cut lists.
Weldment Cut List Column PropertyManager
Use this PropertyManager to change the content of a column in a weldment cut list.
Sorting Columns in Weldment Cut List Tables
Sorting Weldment Cut List Tables By Item Numbers
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A group is a collection of related segments in a structural member.

Profiles and Cut Lists

Adding Structural Members

Weldments - Default Configurations

Disabling Automatic Creation of Derived Weldment Configurations

Structural Member PropertyManager

Weldments - Creating a Custom Profile

Weldments - Pierce Points

Weldments - Trim and Extend

Weldments - End Caps

Custom Properties in Weldments

Weldment Cut List Tables

Contiguous A continuous contour of segments joined end-to-end. You can control

Parallel A discontinuous collection of parallel segments. Segments in the group

You can define a group in a single plane or in multiple planes.

Profiles and Cut Lists

Changing the Order of Cut List Item Folders

Excluding Folders from Cut Lists

Excluding Features from Cut Lists

Updating Cut Lists

You can update cut lists manually or automatically.

Naming Cut List Folders Automatically

Cut-List Properties Dialog Box

Materials in Weldment Cut Lists

Configurations in Weldment Cut Lists

Bounding Boxes in Weldments

Propagating Cut List Properties

Adding Structural Members

4. To create the first group, select a series of segments on the sketch.

6. Select the second set of segments.

7. Select a group in Groups and change its attributes under Settings.

8. Click and create additional structural members as needed.

Weldment Weld Bead

Structural Member Fillet Bead

Weldments - Default Configurations

Disabling Automatic Creation of Derived Weldment

Structural Member PropertyManager

angle iron rectangular tube

Size Select a Profile, such as 20 x 20 x 3.

Groups Select a group to configure under Settings.

Path segments Lists the segments in the group.

End Miter End Butt1 End Butt2

End Miter .) Combines weld member bodies so that the

Specifying a weld gap shortens segment lengths, as

Rotation Angle Rotates the structural member by a set number of degrees.

Select the configurations to apply to the structural member:

Example of Two Bodies Sharing a Point

Changing Corner Treatments

Examples of Trim Order

Structural Member Visual Grouping

Weldments - Creating a Custom Profile

To create a weldment profile:

1. Open a new part.

3. Close the sketch.

4. In the FeatureManager design tree, select Sketch1.

5. Click File > Save As.

6. In the dialog box:

a. In Save in, browse to install_dir\lang\language\weldment profiles and select or create

b. In Save as type, select Lib Feat Part (*.sldlfp).

c. Type a name for Filename.

Weldments - File Location for Custom Profiles

The default location for weldment profiles is install_dir\lang\language\weldment profiles.