SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 31: Using Weldments

Make Weld Bead

To exclude a feature in the FeatureManager from the Cut list, you can select Make Weld Bead from

the feature’s RMB menu. The next time the Cut list is updated, the members that were created by

that feature will be listed at the bottom of the Cut List folder with the weld beads. You can set back

a feature to be included in the Cut list by selecting Make Non-Weld Bead from the feature’s RMB

menu and updating the Cut list again.

Creating Weldment Drawings

Weldment drawings have a couple of special features that distinguish them from normal part

drawings. The first is obviously the Cut list. Like a BOM (Bill of Materials) in an assembly, you can

place the weldment Cut list on a drawing by choosing Insert ➪ Table ➪ Weldment Cut List. Figure

31.20 shows a sample Cut list on a drawing. In this case, the blank rows represent non-structural

components, being the foot plates and the gusset. You can manually add data for these parts either

directly into the table or by adding it to the properties of the corresponding folder in the Cut list in

the model document.

FIGURE 31.20

A Cut list on a drawing