Welding in already formed assembly

[goranmihajlovic]

I have an assembly with different parts, sub-assemblies etc. I need to form some welds between some parts. I can select INSERT/WELDING/FILLET and it works perfectly.
Here comes a problem. When I select INSERT/WELDING/GROOVE i get a massage...

ALERT:
"Assemblies allow promotions is off, and Groove weld assembly data linking method is set to promote"

As I can assume I need to change Assemblies allow promotion from off to on. Also I would like to have full preparation for V or some other type of groove weld and I would like to have that change incorporate to corresponding parts so that when I open parts I see that preparation both in model and draft for all parts that have been changed due to welding preparation.

Can anybody help me with this problem. I must add that I am new to UGS but I have experience with some other parametric software like Pro/E and SolidWorks.

 

[MickyV007]

Goto File - Utilities - Customer Defaults.
On the left side goto Assemblies then General.
Now you will see a tab called Interpart Modeling
check if Allow Associative Interpart Modeling = OK
and Allow Promote Body = YES.
This could be the problem.
Keep in mind that you need to restart NX before changes will apply.


Best regards,

Michaël.

NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3

 

[looslib]

If you want to see the modified details for the components after the weld prep, you need to change the weld setting to linked, instead of promote, I think. Promoted body changes do not show in the original file.


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[goranmihajlovic]

@ MickyV007
Thx! It works!

@looslib

Yes, you are right, parts stay unchanged, the only change is in assembly views, when I cut assembly I can see V joint as it should look.

 

[CAD2015]

Hi,
I need to make updates in an assembly:
Two of the components required welding design. The previous user created another component(the third, a welding part) for that.
My question is: Should the welding design be created as a component of the assembly or as a 3D data geometry of the assembly file?

Thanks