Creating a Bevel-Butt Weld on 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 coplanar supports.

This weld can be continuous or dashed. For more information, see Creating a Dashed Weld.

  1. From the Weld section of the action bar, click Bevel-Butt Weld .
  2. Select a weld body in the tree.
  3. Select the following faces as supports.

    Tips:
    • To add or remove faces defining the supports (as displayed in the Supports list), press Ctrl + Click.
    • You can add to or remove faces from a support using the Edit selection context menu from the Supports list.
      • Clicking a face in the work area adds it to the list.
      • To remove a face from the list, use Remove selection.
  4. Optional: Increase the thickness of the weld.
  5. Optional: Change the angle value and to extend the weld, specify the value of Extrapol.
  6. Optional: Click Preview.
    The bevel-butt weld section appears and the edge along which it will be propagated appears as a dotted line.

  7. Optional: To reverse the bevel-butt weld section:
    1. Select the section.

    1. Move the cursor onto the context toolbar, and on the context toolbar, click Flip .



  8. Optional: Select Generate Weld Impacts.
    The app performs a Boolean subtract of the weld shape from the plates being welded.
  9. Click OK.
    The bevel-butt weld is created but affected representations are not yet prepared for the welding.

  10. Click Update .
    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 .