Nonwelded Weldments…

Amos E. Avery • Principal Consultant

A Very Swell Idea, Inc. • Kenyon, Minne’snow’ta
 Introductions

• Survey
 SolidWorks Weldments
 3DContentCentral
 Presentation Studio
• Weldment tools – MultiBody Modeling
Examples
 What is 80/20?

• Aluminum extrusion
• Modular building system
• Industrial Erector set
 Planning Ahead

• Where we are headed

 3D Content Central

• Inside SolidWorks vs. web browser

• www.3DContentCentral.com
• Login or create an account
 A dummy account for this demo was created
 sww2010@solidworks.com
 sww2010
• Must be logged in to download files
• Suppliers – 80/20, Inc.
• Search for Amos Avery for weldment profiles

3DContentCentral Folder Setup SW Settings 3D Sketch

 Folder Setup

• Create a folder where you will place 3D Content Central models

 e.g. My Documents\SWW2010
• Create a folder where you will place weldment profiles
 Folder structure needs to follow the convention of the SolidWorks
Weldment tool – i.e. profiles should be placed in a second level sub
folder of the main folder
 e.g. My Documents\SWW2010\8020\15 Series

SolidWorks Windows

3DContentCentral Folder Setup SW Settings 3D Sketch

 SolidWorks Settings

• Configure
SolidWorks to
look for your data
• Tools – Options –
System Options -
File Locations –
Weldment
Profiles
• Add the
SWW2010 folder
to the search path

3DContentCentral Folder Setup SW Settings 3D Sketch

 Create a 3D Sketch

• Use whatever method you are comfortable with to create a wire frame
model of your design

3DContentCentral Folder Setup SW Settings 3D Sketch

 Create a Weldment

• Use the weldment tools to quickly build your frame

• One non-intersecting section at a time
• Use Trim tools

3D Sketch Weldment Select Material Drawing

 Apply a Material

• 80/20 parts are made from 6105-T6 aluminum.

 You can create this material by saving another and changing its
properties
 You can use 6061 Alloy

3D Sketch Weldment Select Material Drawing

 Create a Drawing

• Remember who your customer is (80/20 Rep.)

3D Sketch Weldment Select Material Drawing

 Insert a Weldment Cut List

• Annotations
• Update Cut List

Drawing Cut List BOM Presentation Studio

 Insert a BOM

• Billions Of Mooses
• Choose a different view from Cut List
• “Indented”, NOT “Detailed cut list”
• Hide unneeded info
• Total inches shown

Drawing Cut List BOM Presentation Studio

 Drawing to PDF

Drawing Cut List BOM Drawing to PDF

 Presentation Studio

• Easy 3D Output

Drawing Cut List BOM Presentation Studio

 Customer Interface

• They are the expert – do what you need and let them do the rest.

Presentation Studio 80/20 Rep. Review

 Review

• Why did I come here again?

• Communication is the key
 SolidWorks makes it easy
 SolidWorks makes you look good
 SolidWorks helps you get the design right
 You will use this model/assembly for the rest of the product design

• It was so much fun, let’s do it again.

Presentation Studio 80/20 Rep. Review

 Make Assembly from Part

Assembly Insert Frame Download Parts Prep Parts

 Insert Frame

• Default insertion

Assembly Insert Frame Download Parts Prep Parts

 Download parts

• Casters found on 3DContentCentral

Assembly Insert Frame Download Parts Prep Parts

 Prepare parts

• Apply materials
• Save assembly as a part

Assembly Insert Frame Download Parts Prep Parts

 Build Assembly

• You know how to do this

Prep Parts Build Assembly Drawing Presentation Studio

 Build Drawing

• Again, you know how to do this

Prep Parts Build Assembly Drawing Presentation Studio

 Presentation Studio

• One more time, you know how to do this

Prep Parts Build Assembly Drawing Presentation Studio

 Example

• Collapsing table assembly

 Resources

• www.3DContentCentral.com
• www.8020.net
• www.averyswellidea.com (all 80/20 weldment profile library features)

• Amos E. Avery
• Nonwelded Weldments – Using SolidWorks Weldment Tools and
3DContentCentral to Create 80/20 Structures

• amos@averyswellidea.com
• 507-252-1818