How to Customized Non- Standard Weldment Profiles In SOLIDWORKS?

In SolidWorks, a weldment profile is a standard shape or cross-sectional geometry used to create weldment components. When designing welded structures, these profiles are commonly used to define structural members (such as beams, tubes, channels, angles, and so on).

Default File location for Weldment Profiles

SOLIDWORKS installed directory contains a default folder section. We discovered the location using the SOLIDWORKS system option, as sated below.

Go to Tools à Options à  File Locations à Weldment Profile (Use the drop-down to go)

Default File location for Weldment profile:

C:\ProgramData\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2025\weldment profiles.
If you want to maintain “Custom Weldment Profile” folder in above mentioned location, it will be shown in structural members. or If you maintain separately, you can added that location in system option.

Folder Structure for weldment

In SOLIDWORKS, we must comprehend that there are two possible file structure arrangements for welding profiles within the file explorer.

1. An SLDLFP file with several sizes and configurations
2. The SLDLFP file only depicts one size.

Create Custom Profiles

Step 1: Design your custom shape
Open new empty part and create sketching on any of the default planes with fully defined status.

Step 2: Save as to Library Feature Part
Weldment profile is a template. We need to save as Lib Feat Part. We must ensure that our sketch is accepted as a reference because this Library Feature Part file format differs slightly from saving a standard part file.

Note: Select ‘Sketch’ before save the sketch as lib feature.

While save as. sldlfp, the below pop-up appeared. Then process with ‘No’ to sketch converted into Library feature part file.

Notice that part icon in changed to Library feature book mark as shown in below.
Finally, we use this profile to create weldment structural components.

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xDrawing – How Do We Define Success?

 In 3DEXPERIENCE Works, we have the capability to create 3D part model & assemblies in the web application like xShape & xDesign.

Similarly, we have xDrawing application for detailing the product (3D model).

xDrawing is a 2D Drawing and MBD environment helps to define, organize, communicate and 3D Annotations.

Manufacturing Definition Creator
A role which helps to detailing the model information with the combination
of both 2D Drawings & MBD functionalities. It has two applications.
1. xDrawing
2. Derived Format Converter

What we can do?
• Creates 3D model geometry information
• Annotations for critical tolerances, datums, machining info etc.
• 2Drawings with detailed dimensios

Creating Model Based Definitions
Import (or) Open the 3dxml file from your 3D Space and create the drawing views using the tools for specific views under view creation tab.

• 3DViews: Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric
• 2DViews: Orthographic views (Front, Rear, Top, Bottom, Right, Left)
• Auxiliary View: Using Inclined face of the model
• Flatten View: Flat views the model (Applicable only to SheetMetal) 
• Section View: Internal structure of a product using planes
• Select the views for detailing and click to create & add the view in Model Definition Manger.   

Add an Annotations in the specific views, after that we can copy the entire data in the Drawing Sheet.

Select the view, and create dimensions, tolerances, datums etc. by the given tools in the Annotation tab. (Please refer the sample image below)

Create 2D Drawings:
Create a Drawing environment using the tool “Drawings Environment “or “Create Sheet”.

Define the sheet name, sheet format, layout & the angle of projection while creating a new sheet. The default attributes of the model, which linked to the sheet are updated after creating a sheet. 
Now, Drag and drop the required views into the drawing sheet from the 3D Views which we created before with annotations.
The view placed on the drawing sheet along with the drawing annotations of specific views.

Adding BOM table & Ballooning
In drawing, BOM is most important one consists of material & resources information’s which helps to manufacture a product.
To add, Go to Annotations > BOM Table
where also has the option General Table, Cutlist & Bend Table.
You can customize the BOM by add a column to include the properties
which required for the manufacturing.

After BOM table creation, add Balloons on the specific view using the tool
“Auto Ballooning” in Annotations tab.

Generate an Output
After creating 2D Drawing, save the file and release the 3D & 2D Drawing into manufacturing as per below formats by using the tool “2D Output” in Tools tab.
3D Views – PDF
2D Views – PDF, DWG, DXF

Final Output

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