Creating a Flare-Groove Weld

You can create a flare-groove weld between two intersecting cylinders, two cylinders tangent to each other or a cylinder tangent to a flat support. This weld can be continuous or dashed.

Before you begin: To correctly generate the final shape of the weld:
  • At least one of the supports has a cylindrical geometry.
  • The other support has a cylindrical geometry or it is a flat face.
  • Both geometries (both cylinders or a cylinder and a face) are tangent to each other (no gap is allowed).
  1. From the Weld section of the action bar, click Flare-Groove Weld.
  2. Select both faces as supports in any order.



  3. Optional: To trim the geometry, select the limits.
  4. To define the weld thickness, enter a value. The thickness is the distance between the point of tangency of the faces and the top face of the weld.

  5. Optional: To extend the weld, enter an extrapolation length.
  6. Optional: To specify a dashed weld, click the Type tab and select a creation mode. For more information, see Creating a Dashed Weld.
  7. Optional: To define the shape of the weld, click the Manufacturing tab and select an option. The shape defines the weld seam shape representation in drafting context. If you select Convex or Concave , specify a curvature value in Offset. The offset is the maximum distance between the weld face and arc.

    For more information about manufacturing options, see Manufacturing.

    Note: Shapes are extracted on drawings.

Example of a Flare-Groove Weld Created with Flat

Example of a Flare-groove Weld Created with Convex

Tip: To obtain a flare-groove weld on both sides of your geometry, you need to create two flare-groove welds.