Weldment Package for Fusion 360

Weldment Package for Fusion 360

Mark___M
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Weldment Package for Fusion 360

Mark___M
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Can anyone give me hope on the development of a Weldment Package / functionality for Fusion 360?

I found some old vague signs that it was/is kind-of, maybe on the radar for dev... many years ago.

Any solid info? Or is this the hill I die on?

 

Generative Design is cool n all but c'mon...

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thlim_ktmh
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It is currently available only in Inventor.
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jeff_martinKVNW
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For anyone who is not familiar with Solidworks "Weldments" work flow it is a different modeling category in solidworks.  Like Solid or Surfaces.   Weldments is awesome and one reason I use my copy of Solidworks for my work projects that are in Fusion. (I own Soildworks and my employer owns Fusion).   Imagine you want to build frame out of a couple of different pieces of tubing.   For example a robot frame.  It has legs out of square tubing, braces out of another type of tubing some gussets a few sections that are c-channel and angle iron and the top is enclosed in extruded aluminum that has doors that open and a lower frame, vertical segments and top segments all with clear plastic sheets installed in the T-slots.    In Solidworks you just need to create a sketch of line segments (3D, 2D, or a combination) of where you want all the structural members.   Think of "stick figure" drawings.   Then you open a weldments tool and click on the a line segment and select the profile you want from a drop down.   For example 4x4x0.25 square tubing or 1" x 1" x 3/16 angle or 1515 8020 extrusions.    They will automatically appear on that line segment.  Then you can use the tool to add end types for intersections to the next line segment,  alignment, offsets from the line you selected, weld end gaps, etc.    You could create a table about 10 times faster than you could in Fusion 360.  

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GPTech2444
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Fusion 100% needs weldments like how solidworks does it.

This is a Fusion deal breaker for most people that fabricate.

Learn, Grow, Succeed.
Message 24 of 32

guiguijke
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I would really like to have this Solidworks like weldments feature too , if it can motivate the team ^^

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cheungtitus
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Found this video for creating a visualization of the weld.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2zQk9TB0mM&t=309s

 

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Message 26 of 32

clay.ferriola
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Not really what we are looking for.

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thlim_ktmh
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Explorer

We are talking about weldments in Fusion 360, not Inventor.

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thlim_ktmh
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Explorer

This could be a solution for structural frames, but what about non-frames?

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thlim_ktmh
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Explorer

In Engineering Design, we do not care much about the "looks" of weld beads but rather the dimensions of the weld profiles and how they hold various parts together. That is what we are interested in for FEA.

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donaldboerschle
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I see in a Youtube video Inventor had the weld tool is this available to use with Fusion? 

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adamw.14128
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Please, the need for this is here! Its the next big manufacturing workspace that needs attention. Doesnt inventor have something called frame generator? Plase it really is a staple package for everyone.

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dylsontest
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Hi Jeff,

With it being over three years since this was posted, has there been any additional development on this? Surely there's enough demand for the team to get the needed funding, has such funding been provided in the last 3 years and weldments have moved up in the backlog?