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Question asked by Michael Hoft on Jul 16, 2018
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Can you do Plug Welds in SolidWorks 2017? All I could do was a fillet all the way around ...... I want to fill that opening.

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Ned Hutchinson Jul 16, 2018 6:38 PM

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Plug weld

filled plug weld just boss extrude and add appearance

Plug should not have square corners.

And be designed so that you don't put to much heat into the job trying to fill the thing.

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J. Mather Jul 16, 2018 4:37 PM
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Do you really need the physical geometry - or will weld symbol suffice?
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- Michael Hoft @ J. Mather on Jul 16, 2018 4:48 PM
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  I would like the geometry because I am showing the welds in other places ......
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Peter Kennedy Jul 16, 2018 5:00 PM
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I check the online help for "plug" and "plug weld" and the only things that would come up for drawing annotations.

A work around would could you make an addition part which you would consider your plug weld? That way it would show visually, you should then be able to add the weld symbol annotation.
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- Peter Kennedy @ Peter Kennedy on Jul 16, 2018 5:07 PM
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  This was the closest thing I could get using weld bead but I think it looks like garbage.
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Dennis Bacon Jul 16, 2018 5:43 PM
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Maybe something like this?
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Kevin Chandler Jul 16, 2018 5:45 PM
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Hello,

I understand in your reply to Mr. Mather that you wish to model this, but unless you're calculating weld strength or weld time, I'd put the plug weld symbol drawing only.

Plug welds don't have to be full "plugs".

Also, you've drawn fillet welds, but you can only apply these at edges. So in the plug field, it's another weld.

Lastly, does the width of the plug slot need to be this wide? It appears to be 5X the weld size.
So either the slot is wide-ish or the top material is thin, but either way, a full plug will be a lot of heat.
Another recommendation is to narrow the slot so that two long side passes pretty much fills the plug.

Cheers,

Kevin
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- Ned Hutchinson @ Kevin Chandler on Jul 16, 2018 6:38 PM
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  Plug weld
  filled plug weld just boss extrude and add appearance
  
  Plug should not have square corners.
  And be designed so that you don't put to much heat into the job trying to fill the thing.
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  - Kevin Chandler @ Ned Hutchinson on Jul 16, 2018 6:44 PM
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    Ned Hutchinson wrote:
    
    Plug weld
    filled plug weld just boss extrude and add appearance
    
    Plug should not have square corners.
    And be designed so that you don't put to much heat into the job trying to fill the thing.
    Ned Hutchinson Thank You for adding the radius ends.
    The last plug weld design I did (about 4 months ago) were HW slots, but I forgot to mention this in my blather above.
    
    Kevin
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