topic Re: Welding/Machining issue in Inventor Forum

Welding/Machining issue

spl1970 — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:55:21 GMT

I have a plate with a counterbore and into that I assemble a bolt. I want to weld the bolt in place then machine away what remains of the head.

I've managed to create the weld but when I go to create the machined feature the weld disappears. Any clues?

Re: Welding/Machining issue

JDMather — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:06:27 GMT

What version of Inventor?

Attach assembly here.

This will be an easy one.

Re: Welding/Machining issue

JDMather — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 13:57:53 GMT

@JDMather wrote:

Attach assembly here.

See Attached 2018 Example...

Note: The image is embeded in the response Shift Win S an Ctrl V.

Note: The image shows the feature tree - including the Machining - Extrude node in the Weldment.

Re: Welding/Machining issue

andrewiv — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:02:53 GMT

My first guess would be that you are actually creating a preparation feature and not a machining feature. When you go into the preparation environment all the welds will disappear since preparations happen before any welding is done.

Re: Welding/Machining issue

spl1970 — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:18:16 GMT

Sorry for the late reply, I only just had chance to look at this again.

Really appreciate you taking the time to model this and send it to me, I learnt a bit more on how to do the weld properly too.

Regards,

Simon