Connection plates in a structural part
Connection plates in a structural part
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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
Dan
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RE: Connection plates in a structural part
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
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
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