Creating a Bevel-Butt Weld on Non-Coplanar Supports

A bevel-butt weld is a groove weld that needs preparation on only one of the two plates to be welded. Using Bevel-Butt Weld, you can create a bevel-butt weld on non-coplanar perpendicular supports.

  1. Select a weld body in the tree.
  2. Select the following faces as supports.

  3. Optional: Increase the thickness.
  4. Optional: Click Preview.
    The bevel-butt weld section appears and the edge where it will be propagated is highlighted.
  5. Optional: Select Generate Weld Impacts.
    The app performs a Boolean subtract of the weld shape from the plates being welded.
  6. Click OK.
    The bevel-butt weld is created but the impacted representations are not prepared for the welding.

  7. Click Update All .
    The affected representations are now prepared for the welding.

    The bevel-butt weld appears in the tree:
    • Its supports and their external references appear under the bevel-butt weld.
    • External references appear under the External References node too.
    • The weld preparation appears as Assembly features .
    • The welded 3D shapes are prepared.
    • An assembly protected weld preparation is created and appears under the Assembly features node.
    • The welded 3D shapes are prepared.
      Important: In the tree, the weld impact appears as a feature in the PartBody including impacted 3D shapes. A rep impact is created, maintaining a link between the root product under which the bundle of weld, weld body, and welds are created. Rep impact appears under Impacts manager .

 

See Also
Creating a Bevel-Butt Weld on Coplanar Supports