About Weld Groups
A weld group is an alternative way to structure assemblies. A Creo Parametric simplified representation is created in the background during weld group definition. These simplified representations are also used when creating drawings and BOMs of the weld groups.
The weld group technique makes assembly structure more flexible:
• Easily moves components from the top-level assembly to a weld group or from one weld group to another.
• Requires fewer external references from subassembly to top-level assembly as all components are part of the top-level assembly.
• Designs structure in advance and adds the weld groups later.
A weld group consists of the following components:
• Creo Parametric simplified representation (WG_<weldment group_name>) that represents the weld group definition location.
• Creo Parametric simplified representation (WG_<weldment group_name>_ALL) that represents the weld group definition location and all reuse locations.
• Bulk item model (WG_<weldment group_name>). BOM parameters are added to the bulk item model to display BOM data.
• Creo Parametric simplified representation (NOT_WELDMENT_GROUP_MEMBERS) that contains all components that do not belong to the weld group.