WELDMENTSSteve 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 Drawings – Cut Lists, Single Bodies
Pictures can also be presented more dramatically in widescreen.
Widescreen Pictures
Weldment Profiles - Setup Setup network location
for Weldment Profiles Folders must be setup
in correct order
Tools > Options > File Locations > Weldment Profiles
Design LibrarySolidWorks ContentCTRL+Click to download
3DSketching & Sketch Considerations
Quick 3DSketch Tips Sketch line & selection
considerations
Planar Connected end to end Individual Segments Disconnected Parallel Can’t select at intersection
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
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 LibraryNo Green L and you get “Empty Library Feature” error when using profile
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
Wood No real profile database
exists – create your own Can use Weldments
without using Structural Members
Weldments & Sheet Metal New to SolidWorks 2010 Sheet Metal parts now
get a Cut-List Multiple Sheet Metal
bodies in one part
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
Drawings – Cut Lists, Single Bodies
Cut Lists Relative View - detailing
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