To Define and Edit Welding Materials
To Define a New Welding Material
1. Click
Applications >
Welding. The
Welding tab opens.
2. Click
Weld Material. The
Weld Materials dialog box opens.
3. Click New weld material.
4. Type a name for the welding material in the Weld material name box and press ENTER.
5. Select a previously defined material from the Material list, or create a new material by doing the following actions:
a. Click Define. The Materials dialog box opens.
b. Select the material from the list and click
. The material is added to the
Materials in Model list.
c. Click OK.
6. If necessary, type or select a value for diameter in the Diameter box.
7. If necessary, type or select a value for length in the Length box.
8. If necessary, define user-defined parameters on the Parameters tab.
9. Click
OK. The welding material appears in the Model Tree, represented by
.
|  If legacy welding materials exist in your project, they are converted to the current format when you retrieve them. If a welding material with the same name already exists in the model, the legacy material is converted with the same name but with a number as part of its name. The new material includes density, with units based on the values specified in the legacy welding material. |
To Edit an Existing Welding Material
1. Open the Weld Materials dialog box using one of the following methods:
◦ In the Model Tree, right-click a welding material and choose
Edit Definition from the shortcut menu.
◦ Click
Applications >
Welding, and then on the
Welding tab, click
Weld Material.
2. Select the welding material to edit from the list.
3. Edit as required.
4. Click OK.