Weld Caterpillars

Logan_5

Does anyone know how to show an actual weld in the model view and how to show weld caterpillars in a drawing?  I do a lot of weld drawings in S.W. and use this a lot.




Thanks,
Logan

Logan_5

One more thing to add in, I watched the webinar that was yesterday and was glad to see the ability to add a leader by holding down the ALT button.  I thought I might try it on the weld callout too, but sadly it just copied the whole thing instead of adding a leader.  I will add this to a feature request if anyone else thinks it'll be good to +1 this.

Thanks,
Logan

brucebartlett

+1 for weld leader drag.

Caterpillars are not available yet afaik.

engineering_deltap

+1 for weld leader drag. @paul_charlton

Logan_5

Any update on this comment?  Has Onshape added the ability to show visually where welds should be?

Thanks,
Logan

alnis

Personally, I'm not aware of a weld caterpillars option in drawings (the stuff I design pretty much never has welding), but here are some relevant things to check out:

• 3D - Deprecated FeatureScript Weld (I've used this one more than the other one):
  https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7c7042b84e1ae5b391af796f/v/939cf5dbe30c73ec2391d25e/e/03966d66c006f58d26375017
• 3D - Newer FeatureScript Weld (I haven't used this one yet, but it looks like it has more options):
  https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f6dc5a7ab4bd8dcd6217ba88/v/7ab07f2f2d6f7291dc386c90/e/b6493186c8ca03e168df9012
  Forum post:
  https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/10720/new-featurescript-weld
  
• Drawings - It looks like here is some more info about welds in drawings, but I have no clue what the symbols mean (the stuff I've designed with welds and/or soldering has been on the art side/virtual only, not stuff I've actually built, but I do want to change that!):
  https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/welds.htm
  

I know it's not the best answer, but hopefully between the 3D Weld custom features and the drawing symbols something will be useful.

Logan_5

@alnis_smidchens, I appreciate the input.  I tried the first weld feature script and it only works on straight lines.  I will check out the newer version.  I use SolidWorks for my day job and have been trying to work with OS for home projects to get used to it in hopes that I can transition work 3D modelling to OS.  The weld caterpillars in SW can be added automatically in a drawing based on the 3D model or manually.  I wished OS had something to identify where welds are on drawings graphically instead of only having the weld symbols.  Maybe something to come in a future update, but this was first posted back in July of 2018.

alnis

@Logan_5 looks like the newer custom feature can handle curves:

However, I can't find an efficient way to get it to show caterpillars in a drawing

Logan_5

@alnis_smidchens,  I just submitted a support ticket for the caterpillars.  I hope OS can implement a cleaner, easier way to process parts that are welded together in the part studios, assemblies and drawings.  I did try out the newer one as well and was okay with the results.  Now that I have a support ticket hopefully something will come of it in the future to help my transition from SW to OS be a little smoother.