How do you weld? 1

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Sorry to ask such a basic question but this wasn't covered in my level 1 solid works class. How do you weld pipes together for example, if you have a pipe or tube 12 ins long and weld another pipe in the center of it at 90deg? How is the weld performed or shown.

 

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Are you doing at the part level or the assembly?

Part - You use Weldment Toolbar. There you can add welds simply by selecting the "Fillet Bead" Icon

Assembly - You have go to Insert\Assembly Feature\WEld Bead - it makes a new part and you pick the appropriate faces to apply the bead.

I personally would use the Weldment toolbar at the part stage. I used it to make a tubed bumper for my truck. However I did use SW05 because it supported the bending of tubes (For the push bar) were SW04 didn't.

You can see the weld beads under each pipe.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

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Thanks for the tip Scott I'll give it a crack, for this application I'll be using it in the part level.