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Advanced – 2016
Weldment Assemblies
Welding is both a common and critically important process which is used in the fabrication and
manufacture of a huge range of goods. Although mild steels are the most common materials to be
welded, alloy steels, stainless steels, aluminium alloys as well as various other ferrous and non‐
ferrous metals can be welded. A number of plastics can also be welded, but in this course we will
refer chiefly to metals.
Because the method and technique that is used to weld materials can contribute substantially to
the strength and performance of the end item, welds are commonly specified by the engineer or
designer and so become an important part of the specifications which are then relayed to the
fabricator in the drawings they receive.
As the name implies, weldments are assemblies made from different pieces of material that are
then welded together to form a single fabricated item. In Inventor a weldment essentially remains
an assembly, but includes special features which represent the welds that join the various parts as
well as the edge preparations that can be specified and are carried out before welding begins.
1. Create Part 1 using the profile below and extrude 100mm.
2. Create Part 2 using the profile below and extrude 100mm.
5. Now select the weld tab to activate the weldment features ribbon as shown below.
6. Start the Preparation tools by selecting the Icon under the Weld tab or by double LMB clicking on the
‘Preparations’ icon in the Project Browser.
8. Once you have finished the weld preparation select the ‘Return’ icon and then click on the ‘Welds’
process icon in the ribbon…
OR … double click on the Welds icon in the browser to activate the weldment features ribbon.
Set dialogue box as shown below
Selects the Weld
faces to be surface Sizes for
welded contour stitch welds
Select Extent
Size of options to
weld control start
and end of
Determines weld bead
application of
above size
If ticked will create a
weld symbol on the Apply or OK to
assembly create weld
Selects the Fill Direction controls uses existing
faces to be faces to control the direction of the
welded surface of the resulting weld.
If ticked will create a The radial fill option will use
weld symbol on the the selected faces to
assembly
Apply or OK to
determine the location and
create weld
direction of the weld surface
Note that the resultant weld
fills the groove created but
the chamfer edge preparation