About the Welding Feature
A weld joins metals by applying heat or a filler metal with a high melting point, or both. In Welding, welds and feature geometry are represented as quilts with a high level of complexity.
Consider the following about the weld feature:
• A weld feature does not change the geometry of welded components. Before you proceed to welding, make sure components to be welded have appropriate profiles.
• Adding a weld does not merge referenced components. When you retrieve a component that was welded in an assembly, its geometry remains the same.
• Welds are parametrically defined features. They are associative with the referenced geometry. They can be manipulated like other standard Creo features.
• Weld faces are represented in the assembly as quilts. A quilt represents a patchwork of connected non-solid surfaces and can consist of a single surface or a collection of surfaces.
• You cannot remove material from a weld when the feature that removes material, for example, a hole, is created in a part. Material is removed from the parent part, but the entire weld remains.
The following weld types are available:
 —Fillet |
 —Square groove or square butt |
 —Bevel groove or bevel butt |
 —V groove or V butt |
 —J groove or J butt |
 —U groove or U butt |
 —Flare Bevel groove or Flare Bevel butt |
 —Flare V groove or Flare V butt |
 —Bevel butt with broad root face (ISO only) |
 —V butt with broad root face (ISO only) |
 —Plug |
—Slot |
 —Spot |
Weld Identification
Each weld feature maintains a feature ID, a weld sequence ID, a welding material, welding parameters, a weld type, and geometric references.
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Weld Identification Format
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Where:
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# :Type_of_weld, Rod: Rod_name
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#— The sequence ID of the weld.
Type_of_weld—The type of weld (such as, "Fillet Weld").
Rod_name—The name of a rod (such as, "Steel_001").
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Example: 1:Fillet Weld, Rod: Rod1
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