Weld preparation

When parts are prepared for welding, their edges can be beveled to produce a groove for the weld. You can define the angle of bevels and grooves.

You can either prepare a part for welding manually, or apply a component that does it automatically, or you can use the Preparation options in the Weld properties or in the component weld properties.

Note the following:

When you use components' weld preparation options, the supported weld types are placed correctly in the model. If you use cuts for preparing the part edges, the welds may not be placed correctly.
Weld preparation bevels and grooves are not dimensioned in drawings. Bevels and grooves are dimensioned only if they have been created using cut commands on the Edit tab.

Prepare a part for welding with a polygon

You can manually prepare a part for welding by cutting it with a polygonal shape.

Before you start, ensure that the work plane is on the plane you are cutting on.

On the Steel tab, click Weld > Prepare part for welding with polygon.
Select the part that you want to cut.
Pick positions to outline the polygon to be used for cutting.

Extend the polygon outside the part, so that it is clear that the part edge should be cut away.
Click the middle mouse button to close the polygon and to cut the part.

(1) The part to be cut

(2) Cuts are displayed using dash-and-dot lines

Prepare a part for welding with another part

You can manually prepare a part for welding by cutting it with another part. The cutting part will subsequently be deleted.

Before you start, create a cutting part and position it through the part you want to cut.

On the Steel tab, click Weld > Prepare part for welding with another part.
Select the part that you want to cut.
Select the cutting part.

(1) The part to be cut

(2) The cutting part

(3) Cuts are displayed using dash-and-dot lines