Hi. I've attached a weldment I'm working on, but when I insert the structural member the ends don't trim at all or they trim against the wrong other bodies. Is there somethign up with my geometry, or is it just user error, or what's going on? Also, in Structural Member 4, the profiles came in at weird angles and I had to fiddle with the angle to get them right. What woudl cause that to happen? Thanks in advance.
Trimming of structural members when they come in only happens when the bodies come in under the same structural member feature. Different size members or members that come in under different features (which you might do if you think it might become a different size member) must be trimmed afterwards. Cut extrude works as does the trim/extend command (insert>weldments>trim/extend).
The profile orientation problem commenly happens when the path isn't perpendicular to one of the three primary planes. Rather than fiddle with the angle of rotation to make it work, I'd recommend using the alignment option.