Cannot Locate Butt Weld Tool in Welding Application

[wbottis]

Hi Folks,

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

Thank you.

[kdirth]

Which version would you like.

.These can all be found in the Weld wizard.

[wbottis]

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

 

[StephenW]

A square butt is one of the groove welds.

[wbottis]

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.

 

 

 

[StephenW]

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)

 

[wbottis]

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.