Working with Weldment Views

Weldments are a special kind of assembly model and offer unique drawing view and annotation options in the Drawing Manager. Here you'll take a quick look at the way drawing views handle weldment stages for detailing. For more information on working with weldments and weldment annotation, refer to Chapter 10, “Weldment Design.” A drawing view of a weldment assembly can display any of the weldment states, which are as follows:

Assembly Displays the base assembly prior to the preparation, welding, and machining stages.

Machining Displays assembly features that represent the post-weld machining and finishing.

Welds Displays the assembly as it exists during the weld stage, before machining but after preparations have been ...

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