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Connection plates in a structural part

Connection plates in a structural part

Connection plates in a structural part

(OP)
I'm building an equipment skid and I need to place some connection plates in the part to allow bolting and unbolting of the skid assembly. Whats the best way to accomplish this?

 

RE: Connection plates in a structural part

Boy, that's a pretty general question.  There are probably 10 different ways that I can think of depending on your exact needs.  We will need some more info on your design intent before we can be of any help.

Dan

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RE: Connection plates in a structural part

(OP)
My design intent is to allow removal of the top structure to allow the test vessel to be inserted and removed from the equipment skid. I've attached my part pdf file maybe that will help you understand what I'm trying to accomplish.

The top rectangular structure is what I need to be able to bolt and unbolt I want the connection plates to sit atop the vertical w beams.

RE: Connection plates in a structural part

Are you doing this as a weldment?  There are a couple of ways I would approach this.

1. Model the bottom structure a weldment part.  Model the brackets.  Model the top structure as a weldment part.  Put them all together in an assembly.

2.  Model the whole thing as a single weldment part.  After you do the bottom section beams, I would insert the plates as weldments as well.  Then I would model the top structure's beams.  This will get you a simple BOM.

There are a bunch of other ways to skin this cat as well, but they are all pretty basic.  Check the help for weldments.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
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RE: Connection plates in a structural part

Model it using parts, subassys and assys...the way it's built in the real world.

Chris
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RE: Connection plates in a structural part

Are you asking how to model and mate the 3D parts, or how to physically attach the actual connection plates to the top and bottom structures?



 

cheers

RE: Connection plates in a structural part

(OP)
Thanks guys that's the kind of input I was looking for. Sometimes I think that i'm thinking it out too much and making it harder than what it really needs to be. Appreciate the help.

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