topic Re: Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application in 3D Part & Assembly Design

Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application

wbottis — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:46:09 GMT

Hi Folks,

I can't find the butt weld option in the welding application ribbon. Any idea where this would be?

Thank you.

Re: Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application

kdirth — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:50:07 GMT

Which version would you like.

.These can all be found in the Weld wizard.

Re: Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application

wbottis — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:24:04 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to create a square butt weld. However, I just noticed that the weld wizard does not appear in the ribbon for a .prt database. Other weld options are available, but not the wizard. I was trying to simplify the modeling using a .prt instead of .asm. Do you think there is a configuration option to add the weld wizard to a .prt database? Thank you.

Bill

Re: Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application

StephenW — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:33:25 GMT

A square butt is one of the groove welds.

Re: Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application

wbottis — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:52:57 GMT

Stephen, thank you.

Can you tell me what is the sequence to create a square weld? I selected the orange surface, then the blue surface, then the edge between them, but no weld bead was created. Clicking the checkmark, the dialogue box says, 'feature failed to regenerate'. Thank you.

Re: Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application

StephenW — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:51:09 GMT

I don't think you pick surfaces for butt welds. I'm not an expert in welding app at all, so maybe its only my hack.

I select the edge on each and if one of them is too short or tool long, you have to go details - options to set the ends (dimension or to reference)

Re: Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application

wbottis — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:35:32 GMT

Thank you, Stephen. I'm gonna punt on this for now. It doesn't seem to like the fact that there is no groove actually modeled. When there is a gap between the two surfaces, it generates the weld. Even then, the weld is displaying flush to the top of both surfaces being welded together instead of having a convex shape, so it's difficult to discern the actual weld, which is why I wanted to model the weld to begin with.