Weldments for Buggy and Frame

SolidWorks Weldments are a great tool for creating frames for a buggy, fsae/formula student car frames, robot frames, and support frames.  Begin with a sketch and then chose your cross section member or define your cross section member.  Add gussets and weld beads to complete the assembly.  A cut list is available from the drawing.

The movie shows the methods to create a buggy using weldments.  The model file and drawing contains the frame.  The steps to create the frame and cut list drawing are availalble from help, solidworks tutorials.  Marie

Movie files: Download weldments.zip

Parts and Drawing: Download weldmentbox.zip

Comments

[Chris Hawkins]

Excellent video tutorial.

I'm having a proplem though when it come to my BOM for weight. (please mind my question, I'm new to SW) I created a template for a material (MDF) and the weight shows fine in that. Created a cutlist item in the solid bodies and set up the weight. I can draw an assembly with the parts, but when I do the BOM it just give me the weight of the single item and the quanity. I am wondering if there is a way to get a BOM with the total assembly weight without adding and multipling the BOM manually. Any idea?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Chris