Part VII: Working with Specialized Functionality
FIGURE 31.30The finished drawing
Note
Relative views are difficult to create with round pipe rather than rectangular tube, although with version 2007
and above, planes can be used as references for relative views. n
Summary
Weldments are based on either a single 3D frame sketch or a set of 2D sketches, usually denoting
the centerlines or edges of the various structural elements. This creates a special type of part in the
same way that the Sheet Metal commands create a special type of part. Structural profiles are
placed on the frame sketch to propagate and create individual bodies for the separate pieces of the
weldment. Custom profiles are easily created as library features; you can add custom properties to
the library features, and the custom properties then propagate to the Cut lists.