Working in a Weldment Environment - Inventor 2013 and Inventor LT 2013 Essentials - page 272

FIGURE 12.15 The drawing showing the beginning and end of the process
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Working with tools whose approach is based on the production process builds efficiency
into the design from the beginning and makes it easier to edit should production require
that changes be made to the weldment.
The separate environments within a weldment make it easier to keep the focus on the
steps of manufacturing a welded component and making sure that each step has all the
information needed to complete the task.
By offering the flexibility of the cosmetic weld in addition to welds that add physical
geometry to the weldment, like fillet and groove, Inventor ensures that you'll be able to
document and plan for any type of welding that your design needs.
a d d I t I of n a l e x e r c I s e s
Try using a Groove weld to connect the gusset to the tube instead of the fillet weld.
See how different load types affect the results of the weld calculator.
Add additional types of features to the machining state.
Add welding symbols to the drawing from the Symbols panel of the Annotate tab.