Weld Design CATIA V5

Weld Design
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CATIA V5 Training
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Weld Design
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Version 5 Release 19
January 2009
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Weld Design
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About this course
Objectives of the course
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Weld parts,
- Generate Weld reports,
- Extract 2D views from 3D welds.
Targeted audience
Mechanical and Structural Designers
Prerequisites
Students attending this course should be familiar with CATIA V5
Fundamentals.
8 Hrs.

Weld Design
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Table of Contents (1/2)
Workbench Presentation 5
Accessing the Workbench 6
Weld Information in the Specification Tree 7
User Interface: Toolbars 8
Where is Weld Design used? 9
Why should we use the Weld Design Workbench? 10
Welds Creation 12
Classification of Welds 13
Welds definition inputs 14
How to Create a Fillet Weld 16
How to Create a Square Butt Weld 17
How to Create a V Butt Weld 18
How to Create Bevel Butt Weld 19
How to Create a V Butt Weld with Broad Root Face 20
How to Create a Bevel Butt Weld With Broad Root Face 21
How to Create a J Butt Weld 22
User Weld 23
How to Create a User Weld 24

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Table of Contents (2/2)
Symmetric Welds 25
Weld Creation Mode 26
How to Use 'Without Preparation Mode' 27
Options in the Weld Creation Dialog Box 28
Weld Reports and Drawings 32
Weld Report Generation 33
Drawing Generation 34
3D to 2D Weld Annotations 35
Inserting Weld Reports in Drawings 36

Weld Design
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Workbench Presentation
You will be introduced to terminologies and tools specific to ‘Weld Design’ workbench.

Weld Design
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Accessing the Workbench
You can access the Weld Design Workbench:

From the Start Menu
Using the ‘Workbench Command’
To be able to access the workbench using the Workbench Command, the ‘Weld
Design’ workbench should be included in the list of favorite workbenches.

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Weld Information in the Specification Tree
On Creation of a weld, its information is stored in the specification tree as shown in

the image below.
Dummy parts get created to store the

specifications and material of the weld.
The weld information is

stored as ‘Assembly Joints’
Annotation Set stores the

weld annotations and Views
A Joint is a set of two or more components whose geometry is used for creating welds.
A Joint Body is a set of welds. A Joint body is attached to a joint.
While creating a weld, you can specify the Joint Body under which you want to put your weld.

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User Interface: Toolbars
Apart from the ‘Welds’ and ‘Joints’ toolbar, the ‘Constraints’, ‘Move’ and ‘Annotations’ toolbars
from Assembly Design workbench are also useful while working in Weld Design Workbench.
These toolbars are also available in ‘Weld Design’ workbench.
Weld Creation Mode Joint
Fillet Weld Joint Body
Square Butt Weld
Single V Butt Weld
Single Bevel Butt Weld
Welds with broad root face.
Single U Butt Weld

Single J Butt Weld
Use Weld

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Where is Weld Design used?
Weld Design has wide industrial applications in structural and mechanical

engineering designs.
It is used in:
Fabricated Metal Products.
Transport Equipments:
Truck and Bus bodies
Car Bodies
Aerospace Jigs
Industrial Machinery
Industrial Equipments
Mobile Equipments

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Why should we use the Weld Design Workbench? (1/2)
Deploying Weld Design Workbench has several advantages:
The creation of the weld in the 3D digital Mock-Up will allow designer to manage digital pre-
assembly, mass inertia, space reservation and drafting annotation.
The parts to be welded get prepared automatically after creating the weld thus creating
associative assembly features in addition to the physical weld element.
Weld Plates get automatically created as per the parameters used to define the weld.
Welds are integrated within 3D Design. Mass and the inertia of the weld ribbons are added to
the mass and the inertia of the whole assembly so that User, specifying the weld material, can
perform relevant calculation. Welds can also be integrated in the clash collision of the
assembly and other structural and stress analysis.

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Why should we use the Weld Design Workbench?(2/2)
Welds can be fully integrated with drafting. Welds are automatically generated in the
standard views, section views and section cuts and are impacted by the Hidden Line
Removal visualization mode of the assembly. 2D Welds annotations are also
automatically created.

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Welds Creation
You will learn to create different types of welds.

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Classification of Welds
Welds are basically classified into two types:

Fillet weld and
Butt weld
Fillet Welds are the welds which do not require any preparation before the creation of weld.
Preparation means removal of material from the weld plates so as to accommodate the weld
bead in it.
Preparation
Butt Weld: Requires preparation of weld plates

Fillet weld : Does not require any preparation.
The ‘Butt Welds’ require the plates to be prepared to accommodate the weld bead.

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Welds Definition Inputs (1/2)
Main Characteristics: The weld shape depends upon the ‘Characteristics’ that you select.
Offset
Flat Convex Concave

Results using various ‘Shape’ options.
Trimming limits: If you do not want the full edge to be welded, you can specify the
trimming limits.

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Welds Definition Inputs (2/2)
Geometric Inputs: The geometric inputs depend upon the type of weld you are creating. For
example: A fillet weld requires two surfaces and V Butt weld requires four surfaces as the
geometric inputs.
You can also use the ‘Selection Assistant’ which helps you select the geometric inputs in a
sequence.

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How to Create a Fillet Weld
1
2
Click the Fillet Weld tool.
Select the faces as shown
3
Enter Weld Height = 3mm.
Re-limit the weld if required.
4
Click OK to the weld creation
dialog box.
5
Fillet is created and stored in an Assembly

Joint. Annotation is automatically created.

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How to Create a Square Butt Weld
1
2
Click the Square Butt Weld tool.
Check the ‘Selection Assistant’ option
to open the ‘Assistant Viewer’.
3
Select two edges or four faces as
geometric inputs for the weld.
4
Enter Weld Width = 4 mm
and click OK to the weld
creation dialog box.
5
The weld is created and
stored in an Assembly Joint.
The Preparation which is

created corresponds to a
remove operation.

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How to create a V Butt Weld
1 2
Click the V Butt Weld tool. Check the ‘Selection Assistant’ option
3
4
Enter Weld Width, Angle and Height as
2.0mm, 45deg and 1.0mm respectively
and click OK.
5
The weld is created and stored in an
Assembly Joint.
remove operation.

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How to create Bevel Butt Weld
1 2
Click the Bevel Butt Weld tool. Check the ‘Selection Assistant’ option
3
Select two edges or three faces
as geometric inputs for the weld.
4
2.0mm, 15deg and 1.0mm respectively.
5
Select Propagation mode as “Without
Propagation” and click OK
6 The Preparation which is

The weld is created and stored in an created corresponds to a
Assembly Joint. remove operation.

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How to Create a V Butt Weld with Broad Root Face
1 2
Click the V Butt Weld With Check the ‘Selection Assistant’ option
Broad Root Face tool. to open the ‘Assistant Viewer’.
3
4
5
Select Propagation mode as “Without
6
The weld is created and stored in an The Preparation which is
Assembly Joint. created corresponds to a
remove operation.

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How to Create a Bevel Butt Weld With Broad Root Face
1
2
Click the Single-Bevel Butt Weld
With Broad Root Face tool. Check the ‘Selection Assistant’ option
3
Select two edges or three faces
4 as geometric inputs for the weld.
5
Select Propagation mode as “With
6
The weld is created and stored in an The Preparation which is
Assembly Joint. created corresponds to a
remove operation.

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How to Create a J Butt Weld
1 2
Click the Single- J Butt Weld tool. Check the ‘Selection Assistant’ option
3
Select two edges (Select the edge of
Base first) or three faces as
4
Enter Width = 2mm, Angle = 10deg,
Height = 3mm.
5
Select Propagation mode as “With
6
The weld is created and stored
in an Assembly Joint.
remove operation.

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User Weld
A user weld is created using a predefined shape as the ‘Weld bead’.

The inputs for user weld are:
A ‘Part Body’ in which the weld bead is designed.

An ‘Assembly Remove Feature’ containing the information of the remove operation
between the ‘Weld Bead’ part and the parts to be welded.
The Annotation associated to your weld.
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How to Create a User Weld
In this example, the required inputs for the user weld are already created for you.
1 2
Click the User Weld tool. Enter a weld name.
3
Select the Solid Body ‘WeldBead’
from Weld.1 part as the Weld Bead.
5 4
Select ‘Assembly Remove.1’ as the Select ‘Base’ and ‘Handle’ as
‘Associated Assembly Feature’ the welded Parts.
6
Select ‘Weld Symbol.1’ as the
annotation for the weld and click OK.
The User Weld is created

You can also remove the weld bead part from
bill of materials using the option shown above.

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Symmetric Welds
You can also create symmetric welds using the ‘Double Weld’ tools available for Fillet, V-Groove,
U, Bevel, Half-V and J-Groove welds.
Single V Butt Weld Double V Butt Weld
In symmetric welds, as the name suggests both the welds seams share the same parameters.

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Weld Creation Mode
There are two weld creation modes available. The ‘Default’ mode and ‘Without Preparation Mode’
Default Mode
Without Preparation Mode
In the ‘Default mode’, the weld plates need not be already cut to accommodate the weld bead.
This mode requires geometrical inputs and parameters specifying the dimensions of the weld.
Input Geometry Weld Parameters
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Whereas in the ‘Without Preparation Mode’, you have to simply select the faces holding the weld
bead. These faces can created by removing material from the weld plates. An example is shown
ahead.

Weld Design
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How to Use ‘Without Preparation Mode’
Before using the ‘Without Preparation Mode’, you have to make slots in the weld
plates to accommodate the weld bead. In this example, the weld plates have been
already created for you.
2
1 Change the ‘Default’ mode to ‘Without Preparation Mode’
1
2 Click the ‘Single V Butt weld’ tool.
Check the ‘Selection Assistant’ option

2 to open the ‘Assistant Viewer’.
Select the faces as shown in the ‘Assistant

3 Viewer’ and click OK.
The weld gets created in the prepared slot.

Weld Design
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Options in the Weld Creation Dialog Box

In this lesson, you will learn the use of various options in the Weld Creation Dialog box.

Weld Design
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Tangent Propagation Option
For the fillet weld, you can use the ‘Tangent Propagation’ option to extend the
weld to the adjacent tangent edges.
To use this option, you have to select the geometric elements from the dialog
box and click the ‘Propagation’ button.
Result without Tangent Propagation

Result with Tangent Propagation

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Preparation Mode Option
For welds which need preparation, two types of preparation modes are available.
Without Propagation With Propagation

The ‘Without Propagation’ option, removes the material from the welded part only at the
portion of the weld whereas the ‘With Propagation’ option extends such removal of material
throughout the edge of the welded part as shown above.

Weld Design
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Other Useful Options
Simple Dashed
In the ‘Type’ tab of the Weld Creation panel, you can select the weld to be ‘Simple’ or
‘Dashed’. The results of both the options are shown above.
In the ‘Annotation’ tab, you can use the ‘Weld Symbol’ and ‘Length Always displayed options
to display the weld symbol and length as shown.

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Weld reports and Drawings

You will learn to generate weld reports and drawings from 3D welds.

Weld Design
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Weld Report Generation
You can generate a Weld Report using the ‘Weld Report’ command from the ‘Analyze’ menu.
This report can also be exported to a text or excel file using the ‘Save As’ button.

Weld Design
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Drawing Generation
The welds are visible in the drawing views.

To generate drawings:
Switch to the ‘Drafting’ workbench.
Generate standard views.
Side View
Section View
Welds are visible in each view. You can also create a section view using any one of the
commands in the ‘Sections’ toolbar.

Weld Design
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3D to 2D Weld Annotations
You can also transfer the 3D weld annotations into your drawings using the ‘View From
3D Tool. This tools is present in the menu ‘Insert > View > Projections’
1 Click on View from 3D icon
2 From the specification tree, select the Annotation

View containing the weld information.
The drawing will be updated with the weld information.


Weld Design
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Inserting Weld Reports in Drawings
You can insert the ‘Weld Report’ in the drawings using the ‘Insert Object’ command.
1 In the CATProduct, generate and save the weld report as an excel file.
2 In the CATDrawing, from the menu select ‘Insert > Object’.
In the ‘Insert Object’ panel, select the ‘Create from

3 File’ option and select the ‘Weld Report’ excel file. 3
4
4 Select the ‘Link’ option to maintain associativity and click OK.
The weld report will be inserted in the drawing.

Weld Design
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Summary
In this course you have learned to:
Create Welds in an assembly context.

Use various options available in the ‘Weld Creation’ dialog box.
Generate and analyze weld reports.
Generate drawings and include weld representation and annotations in them.

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You can access the Weld Design Workbench:

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On Creation of a weld, its information is stored in the specification tree as shown in

Dummy parts get created to store the

The weld information is

Annotation Set stores the

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Weld Creation Mode Joint

Fillet Weld Joint Body

Square Butt Weld

Single V Butt Weld

Single Bevel Butt Weld

Welds with broad root face.

Single U Butt Weld

Single J Butt Weld

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Weld Design has wide industrial applications in structural and mechanical

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Deploying Weld Design Workbench has several advantages:

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Welds are basically classified into two types:

Butt Weld: Requires preparation of weld plates

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Flat Convex Concave

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Fillet is created and stored in an Assembly

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The Preparation which is

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A user weld is created using a predefined shape as the ‘Weld bead’.

A ‘Part Body’ in which the weld bead is designed.

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The User Weld is created

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Single V Butt Weld Double V Butt Weld

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Without Preparation Mode

Input Geometry Weld Parameters

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Check the ‘Selection Assistant’ option

Select the faces as shown in the ‘Assistant

The weld gets created in the prepared slot.

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Options in the Weld Creation Dialog Box

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Result without Tangent Propagation

Result with Tangent Propagation

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