Chapter 10

Weldment Design

For this chapter, you must have a good understanding of parts, assemblies, and drawings. You will explore the various aspects of weldment design. Starting from weldment workflows and design methodologies, you'll look at preparations, weld beads, machining features, and weld symbols, as well as how to document the weldment design. You will also learn some tips and tricks along the way.

Weldments are available in the assembly environment as a subtype of the assembly document. Most of the topics in this chapter involve working with assembly files. Therefore, this chapter is not applicable if you have only the Autodesk® Inventor LT™ program installed.

In this chapter, you'll learn to:

  • Select and use the right weldment ...

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