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Creating Weldments
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Create weldment from
assembly
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Add weld preparation features
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Create cosmetic and 3D weld beads
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Add machining features to welded assembly
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Rollback to any weldment
state
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Create weldment
drawings
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Start New Weldment
File
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File > New
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Metric Tab
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Template: Weldment (
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Where are we?
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File opens in weldment
assembly environment
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Place components
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Create components
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Add assembly constraints
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Activate Welding Feature Groups
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Preparations
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Welds
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Machining
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Add assembly level features to complete weldment (page 3)
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Weldment Environments
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Weldment Assembly
Panel (default)
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Weldment Features
Panel (weld creation tools)
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Right-click Preparations in browser
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Click Edit
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Weldment Features
Panel replaces Weldment Assembly Panel
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Right-click Welds in browser
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Select Edit
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Panel bar has only weld creation tools (page 4)
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Welding Steps - Overview
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Set up workspace
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Open existing assembly
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Change to weldment
environment
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Add groove and fillet cosmetic welds
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Add post-weld machining features
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Examine weld preparations and 3D fillet welds (page
5)
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Turn off display of weld symbols in model
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Open blank drawing
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Create drawing views of various weldment stages
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Retrieve weld symbols from the model
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Add cosmetic weld annotation in drawing
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Close file, no save (page 6)
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Open Assembly
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Two Workflows
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Use Weldment Template
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Create empty weldment
to place components and welds
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Open existing assembly and convert into weldment
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We will use existing assembly and convert to weldment
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File > Open
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Double-click Welding.iam
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Convert > Weldment
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Message: Cannot reverse process
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Click: Yes
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In Convert to Weldment
dialog
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Click the
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Select Welded Steel Mild from the Weld Bead
Material list
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Click OK
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Weld feature groups appear in browser
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Preparations
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Welds
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Machining (page 7)
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Weld Feature Groups
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Preparations - Metal removal, typically chamfer,
to prepare for weld
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Welds - Fillet, groove, and cosmetic weld beads
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Machining - Metal removal after welding, often
through multiple assembly components
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Added features are at assembly level only
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Not in parts or subassemblies
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Edited part not affected (?) (page 8)
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Weld Types - Cosmetic
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Features
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Cosmetic
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Graphic elements
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Fillet welds
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Groove welds
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No weld preparation required
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Weld symbol contains weld preparation info
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Do not affect mass properties and not considered
in interference analysis (page 9)
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Add Cosmetic Weld Bead
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Activate Welds Group
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Right-click Welds in browser
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Select Edit
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Click Cosmetic Weld tool in Weldment
Features Panel
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Click five inner edges of Brace:1 at end of
assembly
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Use Ctrl + Click to remove longer, outer edges
of Channel:1
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Or try Select Other tool for vertical edges
(both worked) (page 11)
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Add Cosmetic Weld Bead continues
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Click Create Welding Symbol check box
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Dialog expands
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Watch tooltips
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Click Arrow Side Symbol
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Arrow Side Symbol palette appears
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Click Bevel Groove Weld tool (page 12)
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Watch tooltips
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Enter 6 in the Depth text box
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Enter 6 in the Leg 2 text box
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Select the Flat symbol from the Contour
drop-down menu
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Select G (grind) from the Method drop-down menu
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Click OK
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Weld is represented as bright orange line
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Appropriate weld symbol is attached to cosmetic
weld
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Weld symbol may not be visible
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Rotate view till weld symbol appears
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Click Return tool (page 13)
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Weld Extents
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Specify lentgth of
single edge weld
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Specify two parallel faces or work planes
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In browser
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Select START WELD work plane
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Right-click
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Select Visibility
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Repeat for END WELD work plane
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Activate the Welds Feature group
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In browser
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Right-click Welds
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Select Edit
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Click Cosmetic Weld tool in panel
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Click rear lower edge of Brace:1 (page 14)
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Complete the Weld
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In Cosmetic Weld dialog
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In Extents list
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Select: From-To
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Click one plane
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Click other plane
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Specify Weld Bead Size
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Click Create Welding Symbol check box
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Dialog expands
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Enter 6 in Leg 1 text box
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Click OK
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Ckick Return Tool
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Turn Work Planes Visibility off
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Rotate view to see weld symbol if necessary
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Click symbol (just hover might work)
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Drag green dot to resize symbol leader and
position (page 15)
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Create 3D Fillet Weld
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Add 3D fillet weld to one cylindrical
reinforcement plates
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In browser
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Double-click Welds node
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Click Fillet Weld tool
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For 3D weld select two adjacent faces or closely
adjacent
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Click Channel face (page 16)
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Click second Select Faces button
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Click cylindrical face of clylindrical
reinforcement plate
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Click Create Welding Symbol check box
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Enter 2.5"
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Click OK (page 17)
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Weld Symbol Visibility
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In browser
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Right-click Welds
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Select Symbol Visibility
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Weld symbols get hidden
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Or
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Expand Welds node and change individual weld
symbol visibility
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Click Return tool
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Returned to weldment
assembly environment (page 18)
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Add Machining Feature
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Machining - Final weld feature group
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Assembly level features allow material removal
from welded assembly
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Right-click Machining in browser
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Select Edit (page 19)
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Add Hole
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Placement drop down list
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Select Concentric
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Select top face of Cylindrical Reinforcement
Plate
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Select circular edge of cylindrical plate
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Click Dimension field
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Enter 33 as hole diameter
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Termination drop down list
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Select: Through All
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Click OK
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Three holes created (page 20)
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Add Extrude Cut
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Machning feature
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Click 2D Sketch tool
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Click top face of brace
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Click Project Geometry tool
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Click rear, top edge (page 21)
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Complete Sketch
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Move curson near
midpoint
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Green midpoint symbol appears
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Click green midpoint symbol
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Move cursor away
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Circle previews
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Click to draw circle
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Size does not matter
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Right-click
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Select Done
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Right-click
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Select Finish Sketch (page 22)
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Exrtrude Sketch
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To make cut
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Click Extrude tool
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Circle profile is selected
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Extrude dialog box
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Extents list
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Select All
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Click middle Direction Tool button
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Arrow previews cut direction
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Click OK
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Cut made through
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Both plates
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Weld bead (page 23)
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Feature Rollback
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Right-click Welds in browser
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Select Edit
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Model rolls back to welding state
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No machining holes present
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Click Return tool
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Weldment assembly
environment
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Weld group features visible (page 24)
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Create a Weldment
Drawing
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Weldment States
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Assembled with no assembly level features
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Complete with weld preparations
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As welded
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With all post-weld machining
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Open welding.idw
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Blank A0 sheet with border
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Click Base View tool
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If only one model is open it is selected
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If more click arrow next to the desired one
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Drawing View Dialog Box
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Weldment List
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Select Welds
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Component Tab
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Representation View
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Select All Components
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Scale list
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Select 1/2
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Orientation List
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Click Top (page 25)
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Place Drawing Views
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Click upper left corner of sheet
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Click Projected View Tab
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Click inside Base View
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Move curson down
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Preview moves with cursor
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Click to place orthographic projection (page 26)
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Continue to place views
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Move cursor to right of base view
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Click to place
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Right-click
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Select Create (page 27)
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As Machined Drawing Views
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As Machined Weldment
drawing view
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Click Base View tool
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Drawing View Dialog Box
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Multiple open models
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Click File List Arrow
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Select weldment.iam
· In Weldment list
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Select Machining
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View Pane
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Select All Components
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Scale list
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Select 1/2
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Orientation List
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Click Top
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Complete Base View
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Click to right of existing views (page 28)
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Projected Drawing Views
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Click Projected View tool
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Projected Views
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Below base view
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To right base view
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Machining features do not appear in drawing
views based on welded state of assembly (page 29)
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Retrieve Weld Symbols
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As Welded assembly
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Right-click right side view
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Select Get Model Annotations
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Context Menu
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Get Welding Symbols
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Weld symbols appear
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Weld symbold displayed
pink
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Right-click symbol
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Select Delete
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Click symbol
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Drag green dot to reorient (page 30)
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Add Caterpillar
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Cosmetic weld entities
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Improve documentation of cosmetic model welds
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We can
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Any drawing view
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Add weld caterpillars
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Weld end treatment geometry
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Click Zoom Window tool
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Zoom in on front view of as-welded assembly
(page 31)
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Right-click Drawing Views Panel Bar
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Context Menu
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Select Drawing Annotation Panel
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Click Caterpillar tool
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Click line/arc segments that created weld
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Five in number (page 32)
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Add Caterpillar
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Click Partial tool
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Partial caterpillar appears
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Highlighted Edge
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Select outside
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Caterpillar placed outside
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Select inside
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Caterpillar placed inside
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Click Options Tab
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Width Edit Box: 6
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Spacing Edit Box: 6
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Check Seam Visibility
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Click OK (page 33)
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It works
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Nice Picture
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Summary
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Create a weldment from
an assembly
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Add weld preparation features
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Create cosmetic and 3D weld beads
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Add machining features to a welded assembly
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Rollback to any weldment
state
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Create weldment
drawings
Creating Adaptive Parts in an Assembly