To Prepare Edges for Welding

To Prepare Edges for Welding

You can combine creating edge preparations with creating welds and adding notches. You can only prepare edges and create notches if you simultaneously create a weld.

general welding

Weld Preferences

dialog box.

Before you begin edge preparation, definepreferences in thedialog box.

1.

Click

Applications

> Welding

Welding

Welding

tab opens.

Click. Thetab opens.

2.

Click Weld Wizard

Weld Wizard

Weld Definition

dialog box opens.

Click. Thedialog box opens.

3.

Under

Feature

, select the

Edge prep

check box.

You can also create welds and notches simultaneously with the edge preparation:

•

To join metals by applying heat or a filler metal with a high melting point, or both, click the

Weld

check box.

•

To create an opening (cut) that enables your welds to cross assembly components without interruption, click both the

Weld

and

Notch

check boxes.

4.

Under

Combination

, click an option to define how to create the geometry:

◦

Single

—Creates a single edge preparation.

◦

Symmetrical

—Enables sequential creation of the same edge preparation on both sides of a part.

◦

Unsymmetrical

—Enables sequential creation of separate edge preparations on both sides of a part.

5.

Select an edge preparation cut to create, and the contact surfaces offset:

◦

—One side root opening

—One side root opening

◦

—Bevel angle cut

—Bevel angle cut

◦

—Both sides root opening

—Both sides root opening

◦

—V angle cut

—V angle cut

◦

—Bevel angle cut with root opening

—Bevel angle cut with root opening

◦

—V angle cut with root opening

—V angle cut with root opening

6.

Depending on the type of edge preparation, specify the dimensions for offsetting contact surfaces. Type values for the root opening, preparation depth, penetration, and angle dimensions in the appropriate boxes.

7.

Click

OK

. The

Edge Preparation

dialog box opens.

8.

Select the appropriate surfaces and references for the edge preparation, and click

OK

in the

Select

dialog box.

9.

When the general weld preference

Edge preparation driven by

is set to

Assembly

, and either of these conditions exist, then you must define a neutral plane:

◦

Contact surfaces lie on different planes

◦

One of the contact surfaces is not planar

You define the neutral plane by creating or selecting a planar surface or a datum plane that defines the translation direction of the edge preparation. An outline of the contact surfaces is automatically projected onto the neutral plane to create a projected sketch. Then the sketch is used to automatically offset the contact surfaces normal to the neutral plane.

10.

To define the edge preparation feature's dependency:

a.

In the

Edge Preparation

dialog box, select

Dependency

, and click

Define

. The

Feature Dependency

dialog box opens.

b.

Select an option:

▪

Dependent

—The feature is updated automatically when the references are updated and in session.

▪

Independent

—There is no dependency between the feature and its references. The feature must be updated manually.

11.

Click

OK

in the

Edge Preparation

dialog box. The edge preparation is created. Solid edge preparation geometry types are represented in the Model Tree by , and light edge preparation geometry types are represented by .

Clickin thedialog box. The edge preparation is created. Solid edge preparation geometry types are represented in the Model Tree by, and light edge preparation geometry types are represented by