SOLIDWORKS: Weldments

Walks you through building weldments and fabricated models in SOLIDWORKS.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Understanding Weldments

• What are weldments, and why should we use them?
• Creating construction planes
• Sketching in 2D
• Sketching in 3D

2. Structural Members

• Adding structural members
• Creating groups
• Flipping and mirroring
• Working with joints
• Trimming members
• Braces and brackets
• Creating custom profiles
• Downloading profiles

3. Working with Assemblies

• Making an assembly from a weldment
• Patterning and mirroring
• Adding in nonweldment parts
• Adding in weld beads
• Working with the Cut list
• Creating a bounding box

4. Weldments Drawings

• Creating a basic weldment drawing
• Adding the Cut list to the drawing
• Adding in a weld table

5. Prepairing for Fabrication

• Fabrication tips and tricks
• Fabrication resources

Conclusion

• Wrapping up