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Re: The total length of the welding seam
Hrituc Alexandru Jul 16, 2015 9:52 AM (in response to Hrituc Alexandru)Hi everyone,
I create a macro to put the weld symbol... From now, with this macro i want to put all weld symbols in the drawing.
I want to be so: For each entry, meaning that each symbol introduced, the macro make, from example:
1 entry: 100x2 = 200 in red label
2 entry: 10x1=10 in blue label
3 entry: 220x2=440 in green label and in purple label to put the total 200+10+440 (650)
IT'S POSSIBLE???
OR, Can anyone tell me OTHER METHOD to save all entry input and make the operations in another way?
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Re: The total length of the welding seam
Bjorn Hulman Jul 16, 2015 9:55 AM (in response to Hrituc Alexandru)Hi Hrituc,
This all seems quite elaborate if you're just wanting to calculate the total length of welding in the part.
You can use a weld table 2012 SOLIDWORKS Help - Weld Tables . Once you have the table in your drawing, you can add a column to multiple the length of weld by the quantity, then add a row so you can use the empty cell to perform a sum function.
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Re: The total length of the welding seam
Hrituc Alexandru Jul 16, 2015 10:15 AM (in response to Bjorn Hulman)I need a total to add with it a property
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Re: The total length of the welding seam
Mark Greenwell Jul 17, 2015 4:16 AM (in response to Hrituc Alexandru)Bjorn,
Weld lengths can be interpreted in different ways.
Not sure a weld table would give him the correct total length of weld used, unless all he is interested in knowing is the total length of a particular sized weld.
For example if I have a 30mm fillet weld going for 1000mm then the weld table shows the 30mm weld length as 1000mm.
However you would not deposit a 30mm weld in one pass you would use multiple passes, say for example 7 passes.
So the over all length of weld used to create the 30mm fillet would be 1000 x 7 = 7000mm.
Also weld bead weights do not get added to the assembly weight. Bit strange if your assembly is weight critical.
Thanks
Mark
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Re: The total length of the welding seam
Bjorn Hulman Jul 17, 2015 4:29 AM (in response to Mark Greenwell) -
Re: The total length of the welding seam
Bjorn Hulman Jul 17, 2015 4:36 AM (in response to Mark Greenwell)-
Re: The total length of the welding seam
Mark Greenwell Jul 17, 2015 4:45 AM (in response to Bjorn Hulman)Hi Bjorn,
I was just about to reply that the No of passes was not available from the drop down list when creating a new column.
Agreed that you can add a note in a new column with a qty of passes req'd and times that by the length to get overall length of weld required.
However this sort of info should be automatically available. Which I believe was the intent of the OP.
I was involved in a discussion a few months ago about the weld bead function in SolidWorks and the general thought was that it's not up to much at present.
With a bit of luck there will be improvement's in the 2016 release.
Thanks
Mark
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Re: The total length of the welding seam
Bjorn Hulman Jul 17, 2015 4:53 AM (in response to Mark Greenwell)It does appear to be left behind somewhat. Tables in general could use some modernising, then multiple functions could be improved simultaneously.
Cheers,
Bjorn
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Re: The total length of the welding seam
Mark Greenwell Jul 17, 2015 5:03 AM (in response to Bjorn Hulman)Hi Bjorn,
Also see the thread called 'Weld Type' to see issues with butt welds.
I think welds in general need a massive overhaul, I never sow them in the model, just detail weld symbols in the drawing
Thanks
Mark
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Re: The total length of the welding seam
Hrituc Alexandru Jul 17, 2015 6:45 AM (in response to Hrituc Alexandru)-
Re: The total length of the welding seam
Mark Greenwell Jul 17, 2015 7:19 AM (in response to Hrituc Alexandru)Hi Hrituc,
I cannot think of a way to get this information to populate a custom property list.
I assume you want to add the 1757.39 with the 1650 = 3407.39mm to get a total length of weld, then have this show in a custom list to then automatically populate some weld length information on a drawing.
I would guess that it you would have to manually type the total length in.
Unless someone could create a macro, (not sure if this would be even possible).
Thanks
Mark
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