weldment assy material call out

[rclement]

people

i created a wedlment assy with 2 parts that the material is specified as steel

i call this weldment assy into a upper assy and the material is specified as wedlment aluminum 6061

i go to material used in document i see the welded aluminum i see also steel but doesnt allow me to  

assign to selelction. dont even know why a material is specified in a assy but i guess you have different material configurations for the same assy

anyway how do i change that so it displays in my partlists

[blair · Accepted solution]

You used the default Weldment template supplied with Inventor, the default is Aluminum. You need to enter the "Weld" module and select the weld-beads and change their Material to Steel. Start a new IAM and Convert it to a Weldment, select the correct Material and then Save this IAM as your Weldment-Steel Template. You may want to re-name the basic Weldment to Weldment-Aluminum.

[rclement]

ty blair have to try it

[lesmfunk]

Or, use the same template, create a material called N/A or VARIOUS, and assign it to the Welds.

(Just another suggestion. I prefer to have the minimum amount of templates to choose from. Thanks Blair for directing me to the solution.)