I am new to swx, but have gotten the basics of part modeling and creation of weldment profiles for my library down. I am having a hard time finding an efficient way to produce mortise and tenon door parts in the weldments. Basically the tenon needs to extrude into the mortise at all joints. These need to be parametric to the crosswork and the door thickness. I will attatch a file for anyone willing to look at it. Also, if I would like to have different widths of the profile for different structural members in the same weldment do I need to create one of each in the library, or can I stretch them in the weldment? I tried to attatch the file but it says that these type of files or not permitted.
Every unique rail or stile profile you use will require its own weldment profile. Even if the only difference is that one is 2" wide and another is 2-1/4" wide. Stretching a profile in the weldment model is just not an option.
I would love to look at your files. To attach them you need to save them as a zip file first because this forum only accepts zip files and jpeg files. The first file attached below is a mortise and tendon door frame using simple rectangular 3/4" x 1.5" rails and stiles. The tendon length and mortise depth are parametric. The width and height of the tendon and mortise are also parametric but their parametric relationships are lost whenever a new weldment profile is selected. In the second file I created a more common ogee profile and as you will see it has impractical cuts for the tendon butts. I ran out of time this morning to try add the necessary cuts to make this a manufacturable joint. If you can find any useful techniques in these file feel free to use them.
Exactly what kind of output are you hoping to get, a cutlist, an accurate exploded view, just an accurate model, a print for each part? This will help determine whether it is better to use weldments or assemblies. Your answer may help determine the best way to present an enhancement request to SW to make this work better for you.