https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=3 FuseTalk Enterprise Edition https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=14531 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:16:45 EST Dennis Park 1
Thanks,
Dennis ]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=14483 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:59:44 EST Cameron Kennedy 4
However after selecting the sketch entities that I want to define the structural member and selecting OK I get the screen report "!library feature is empty"

As a check I open my new library feature and for reference open the original 2x2 angle library feature. They look the same (except for my update).

Anyone any idea what may be wrong?

I am using Vista on this computer

Thanks in anticipation
Cameron ]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=14420 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:06:16 EST chris normand 4 I edit the properties in the cut list item property box, the property giving me the most trouble is the weight, it shows a different weight for the Welded and another for the Machined. Both the configurations have the same material.
Any ideas?

This is just a small sample, but we're making large frames with 100's of parts, but many of the parts utilize the same raw material, channel, angle iron, sheet metal, etc.. What i would like to avoid is having to rename these properties every time.
i've tried linking these properties to the feature profile but those properties are not pulling through on the BOM. It seems so simple, I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks, Chris ]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=14326 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:43:15 EST Roy Potter 10
I'd like to know what others think are the real pros' and cons of using weldments instead of assemblies?
]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=14320 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:34:19 EST Chris Bennett 3
our weldments will need to have more than one sheet metal part in them but when i go to insert a second part the custom properties of the first part stays universal so the second part i insert cannot seem to keep its custom properties

is their any other way to get a sheet metal part into a weldment while keeping the custom properties?

]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=14225 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:08:39 EST Chris Bennett 3
so is there a way that i can link all the tubing that NEEDS to stay the same so when i change ones all the ones in a weldment that to stay the same will stay the same, so from 14ga x 1 x 1 sq. tubing to a 16ga. x 2 x 2 sq. tubing?

]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=14100 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:32:21 EST Chris Bennett 11
because these side pieces have so many holes, we laser cut them and they need a flat view of their parts in the details (to make the laser cnc code from), then we weld them together and keep those pieces on the shelf until we make more frames (saved bodies are out because they cannot be unbent)

ie. sub-weldment BUT how does everyone update the sheet metal parts and have it automatically update the part in the sub-weldment?
it seems like solidworks is sooooooo close but doesnt want to finish it out.

there is three of us all getting to know solidworks where i work and weldments is my slice of the pie and im coming up short, love to hear if anyone else is doing this and how they are getting around to doing it, thanks a bunch everyone!!!! ]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=13888 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:26:54 EST Joe Dunfee 18
We use Aluminum T-slot extrusions to form the frames for machines. I have drawn weldment profiles that keep the geometry to an absolute minimum needed to represent the important features (see the attached image). The weldments themselves have 25 structual members which show about 40 actual parts. Then, there are 31 trim/extend operations.

I have also uploaded this weldment; "Wall Weldment.sldprt"

The problem is in the long regeneration times, and the ongoing need to suppress/unsuppress, since you can't use hide on weldment parts.

If you select a member from the feature tree, and then suppress it, it takes a while to rebuild it. I have uploaded it to your FTP site. If I suppress Structural Member1 (the first item), it takes 30 seconds to suppress, and 50 seconds to unsuppress everything.

One final issue which may kill the whole idea of using weldments;

Suppressing one of the members causes any related trims to be suppress. Also, later structures that may have mates or other dependencies are also suppressed. The problem is that when you unsuppress the member, all of the dependent items do not unsuppress. You must manually choose the ones you want unsuppressed and go through the unsuppress wait again. While this may be viable (though a bit time consuming) if you want to unsuppress everything, if you are only wanting some items unsuppressed (such as when you are working on a complex weldment), then it is essentially unworkable.

The part file I've uploaded is actually a fairly simple one, from my perspective. Most of our weldments don't have a nice arrangement of flat panels that could easily be separate weldments. Rather, the machine is normally smaller, but with a lot of cross-members on the interior.

-the system was responding to my attachments very slow, so I did not attempt to upload the 8meg part file. I will try it on the next message - Joe

Joe Dunfee
SW 2008 sp 4
]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=13840 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:59:21 EST Ben Conners 9
I use lines in the sketch to locate the inserted parts (since there are no bodies). These constraints hold in the configuration. When in the configuration upon rebuild the inserted parts do not hold their location. Upon futher rebuilds it eventually goes back to the desired position (there is a rebuild loop).

I know that in most cases using reference geometry should be avoided in the weldment environment, so I tried putting a dummy solid in the inserted part to locate. This also did not work.

I have attached two files, both attempts (using ref. geometry and using solid faces and edges).

Does anyone have any insight into this problem?

Regards,

C. Lawrence
LOVAT Inc.
SolidWorks Office Premium 2008 SP4.0 ]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=13834 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:27:19 EST Ben Conners 2
Further to this, when rolling back above the move/copy feature to the inserted part feature, I cannot select the body - it disappears (seems to exist where I originally randomly placed the inserted part, but does not show).

The move/copy feature seems to pull some reference from the inserted part feature along with it down the tree but not back up. Parent/Child analysis does not show this being the case. In my testing at one point I saw the folders for absorbed planes and axes from the inserted part feature come out of the feature and end up at a lower place in the tree.

I have attached the model. The inserted part feature is named 3006031.

Any insight into this problem?

Regards,

C. Lawrence
LOVAT Inc.
SolidWorks Office Premium 2008 SP4.0 ]]>