weldments question

Sep 05, 2007 3 Replies
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So i've just started looking at weldments and they look pretty useful. However, the system I'm designing contains many different structural members, most of which are not included as predefined weldment profiles. Rather than go through and make a whole bunch of custom weldments, I was wondering if anybody knows of a site that contains custom weldments for download. For instance, standard wood members (2X4s, 1X6s, etc), stock steel and aluminum tubing, stock aluminum and steel bars, etc. etc.



This would be SOO helpful!



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When you find/create the profile sketches, before you start using them, make sure the description property is edited to what you want to see in your cut list. The sketches get imported to the weldment part, one for each structural member, and it's a pain to edit each sketch property to change the description once the weldment part is created.

BTDTGTTS

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In 2007 if you go to the task pane (this is the tabs that have toobox,

3D Content Central & Solidworks Content) and choose the SW Content, there should be a folder for weldments. This will download the various structural profiles for the different standards. Then you can unzip them into your weldment folder. As for the lumber, you're probably on your own.
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