SolidWorks Certification: Weldments
Avelino Rochino, Certification Specialist
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Who I am...
Avelino Rochino, Certification Specialist
Member of the SW Product Definition
Team for 4.5 years before joining
Certification
Specialized in defining Sheet Metal,
Weldments, Routing, and Core
Functionality
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CSWP Advanced Weldments Exam (CSWP-WLDM)
Today we’ll cover:
• Weldment Exam Topics
• Weldment Basics Lesson
• CSWP and CSWP-WLDM free coupons…
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CSWP Program
Two core exams:
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CSWP: Professional level exam, for experienced users
Advanced Topic Exams:
Sheet Metal
Surfacing
Mold Tools
FEA
Weldments
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CSWP Advanced Weldments Exam (WLDM)
Weldments Exam Topics:
Weldment profile creation
Placing the Weldment profile in the Weldment profile library
Basic and Advanced Weldment Part creation
Weldment corner modification
Placing gaps at corners and segment intersections
End Caps
Gussets
Weldment Part modification
Trim/Extend Command
3D Sketch Creation
Cut List Folder management in the Weldment Part
Cut List creation in the Weldment Drawing
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Inside the CSWP-WLDM Exam
Recommended Training Courses: SolidWorks
Weldments
Recommended SolidWorks Version: SolidWorks
2009 and later
Exam Length: 2 Hours
Minimum Passing grade: 75%
All candidates receive electronic certificates and
personal listing on the CSWP directory when they
pass.
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CSWP Weldments
Weldments Basics
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Weldments, not Weld Beads ……
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Structural Frame vs. Plate Weldments
Structural frame Plate weldment
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Two Design Approaches
Assembly
One part for each weldment member
Multi-body part
One body for each weldment member
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Why design a weldment as a part?
Single top level part
Manage one file
Easier design changes
Automatic cut list generation
All required drawing views
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Basic Weldments Lesson
Weldment Profile Creation and
Management
Weldment Creation
Weldment Groups
Positioning
Trimming
Cut Lists
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Structural Profiles
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Structural Profiles
Sketches stored as Library feature files (*.sldlfp file
extension)
Separate file for each size of a given profile
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Structural Profile Library Feature Part
Contains only sketches
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Structural Profiles
Sketch origin = default pierce point
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Structural Profiles
Need flexibility of different profile location points
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Structural Profiles
Vertex or sketch point = profile location point
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Structural Profiles
Save them into your library
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Library Feature Part
IMPORTANT: Weldment profiles must be saved as Library Feature Part
1. Select sketch from Feature Tree
2. Go to File > Save As and select “Lib Feat Part” from the
Save As Type drop down list
3. Save profile to Weldment Library Folder
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Building the structural frame
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Building the structural frame – Step 1
Build the sketch skeleton
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Building the structural frame – Step 2
Build the sketch skeleton
Create Structural Member features
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Profile Selection for Structural Member
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Profile Selection for Structural Member
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Profile Selection for Structural Member
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Profile Selection for Structural Member
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Weldment Groups
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Weldment Groups!!!
New for SolidWorks 2009
Key to simplification of Weldment models
Prior to 2009: 3 Weldment Features, 3 Trim Features
2009+: 1 Weldment Feature
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Weldment Groups!!!
Segments can be grouped as follows:
Continuous AND contiguous segments (chain of segments)
OR parallel segments
Group names are assigned automatically by the system
Examples:
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Weldment Groups!!!
Any segment can ONLY belong to one group
SolidWorks will not allow segments to belong to a wrong
group – new group must be started
Examples:
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Changing Weldment Groups
To change a segment’s Group, you have to deselect it
from an existing Group and reselect it into the current
Group
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Changing Weldment Groups
1. Make current the Group into which you want to transfer
the segment
2. Select the segment you want to transfer – it will leave
the first Group
3. Reselect the segment – it will now be part of the
current Group
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Weldment Segment Positioning
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Positioning of a Weldment Segment
1. Create a 3D Sketch that will represent an edge of the
segment
2. Align the Weldment profile to the connecting segments
3. Use Trim/Extend to finish Weldment segment creation
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Positioning of a Weldment Segment
1. Create a 3D Sketch that will represent an edge of the
segment
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Positioning of a Weldment Segment
2. Align the Weldment profile to the connecting segments
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Positioning of a Weldment Segment
3. Use Trim/Extend Feature to finish Weldment segment
creation
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Weldment Trimming
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Trimming Weldment Segments
As long as segments all belong to the same
Feature they will automatically be trimmed to each
other wherever two or more segments meet
Use intersection Dot to control Trim
Use Trim/Extend command to trim Weldment
segments to non-Weldment bodies or if segments
are in separate features
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Trim/Extend Feature
Improved with SolidWorks 2009
Ability to Trim multiple segments to multiple faces
and bodies
Keep/Discard functionality
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Trim/Extend Feature
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Automatic Trimming within the same Weldment Feature
All segments within same Group automatically trim to each other
Priority of each Group determines trimming result when segments
from two different Groups meet
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Weldment Groups and Corners
Trim Order at points where Groups meet can be
changed by selecting corner control icon
IMPORTANT:
Note which group is
highlighted when Group 1
of 2 is selected. Group
numbers will change
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Weldment Groups and Corners
Result:
Default Trim Order:
Group 1 of 2, Trim Order 1
Group 2 of 2, Trim Order 2
Result: Group 1 trims Group 2
(Group 2 butts up to Group 1)
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Weldment Groups and Corners
Result:
Set Trim Orders to be equal:
Group 1 of 2, Trim Order 1
Group 2 of 2, Trim Order 1
Result: 3 Way Miter
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Weldment Groups and Corners
Result:
Change each Group’s Trim Order:
Group 1 of 2, Trim Order 2
Group 2 of 2, Trim Order 1
Result: Group 2 gets set higher in priority and
now trims Group 1
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How to generate a cut list
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Typical Drawing Cut List
Generate this on the model and import into drawing !!
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Cut List Generation – Two ways
Automatic
New in SolidWorks 2005
System generated list
Automatic grouping of like bodies into single cut list item
Automatic notification when out of date
Automatic update on demand
Manual
Initial implementation in SolidWorks 2004
Manually create cut list items
Manually group like bodies
No out of date notification
Manually manage it as design changes
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Cut List Generation – Two ways
Automatic
New in SolidWorks 2005
System generated list
Automatic grouping of like bodies into single cut list item
Automatic notification when out of date
Automatic update on demand
Manual
Initial implementation in SolidWorks 2004
Manually create cut list items
Manually group like bodies
No out of date notification
Manually manage it as design changes
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Let us do it !!
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Cut List Information
How do we capture such information?
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Flow of Information
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Custom Property in Profile Sketch Parts
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Weldment Feature
Placeholder for common custom properties for
each cut list item
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Custom Properties on Cut List Item
Structural profile properties
+
Weldment feature properties
=
Cut list item custom properties
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System Generated Custom Properties -
Structural Members
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System Generated Custom Properties -
Structural Members
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How to create drawings of a weldment
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Views of Entire Weldment
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Views of Individual Members
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• Coupon good until August 31, 2010
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Free stuff!!!
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Coupons are good until August 31, 2010
Good for one advanced CSWP exam.
Weldments
Sheet Metal
Surfacing
Mold Tools
FEA
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is taken.
Only one exam per user
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Questions?
Email me if you need more information:
Avelino Rochino
certification@[Link]
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