Weld tab missing.

[Anonymous]

Hi, I have a student license for Inventor Professional 2019 and I am designing a trailer frame. I am trying to weld the joints of the steel frame but I do not have a weld tab on my ribbon. Also if I search "weld" in the Search & help commands bar I see the "weld" command but when I click it no options come up. Am I doing something wrong or is this feature disabled with the student license?

Thank you,

Hunter

[jhackney1972]

I you are in an assembly, you will have to use the "Convert to Weldment" command to see the weldment commands.  Once you covert your assembly, you cannot convert it back.

You can also create a Weldment Assembly from the start using a Weldment template.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@jhackney1972 wrote:
 Once you covert your assembly, you cannot convert it back.

Unless you ask for the secret handshake...

[jhackney1972]

@TheCADWhisperer

I have always wanted to know the secret handshake.... Could you send it to me in a private message?

[TheCADWhisperer]

The method of converting a Weldment back into a standard assembly already came up here once today.

Place the Weldment as sub-assembly and the Promote to the main assembly.  Delete the sub.

[Anonymous]

So if I convert to a Weldment I wont be able to go back and edit the assembly unless I do what exactly? I want to get the frame designed with the axles and all and then test it in the program. Would I not need to weld all the joints to do that?