2 Replies Latest reply on Mar 14, 2019 7:16 PM by Ken Lux

Do welded corners work on a part converted to sheet metal?

Ken Lux Mar 13, 2019 12:08 AM

Using SW 2017 SP5.0, and a part converted to sheet metal I have been unable to get the welded corner to do anything except say that it "Failed to create welded corner." Help is useless. I found one forum answer that I couldn't follow, but it looked like it just worked.

Has anyone ever gotten this feature to work with a converted part?

If so, what steps did you use and what settings did you have for the ripped edges? (Open butt, underlap, overlap? Overlap ratio value? Gap size?)

Did you have to use close corners first? If so, how did you avoid having a step in the corner?

I'm getting really tired of Solidworks features that don't work as advertised and/or have completely superficial documentation in the help section.

Re: Do welded corners work on a part converted to sheet metal?

Bjorn Hulman Mar 13, 2019 4:47 AM (in response to Ken Lux)

Hi Ken,
Can you share the part? I thought it might be that the corner has such a large relief, but I can make it work without issue on my machine.
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  Ken Lux Mar 14, 2019 7:16 PM (in response to Bjorn Hulman)
  
  Figured it out. I had to unhide the corner auto relief treatment and then change it from the default of tear to rectangular.
  
  One would think that SW would set the default auto relief treatment to one that is compatible with their other features. But where is the fun in that - it would have worked as expected, described, and shown in multiple videos. I wouldn't have had the opportunity to spend a couple hours searching for how to make it work.
  
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