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<\/a><\/p>\nBut the above image shows a challenge that SOLIDWORKS Weldment users have long struggled with: How do you miter a joint that occurs at the intersection of 2 different sized profiles?<\/p>\n
In previous versions of SOLIDWORKS, the user would have to manually \u201cmatch\u201d these 2 structural members at the mitered corner. This typically meant creating a sketch and calculating the correct \u201cmatching angle\u201d, then doing a cut-extrude at each of these corners. This became a time-consuming process as it required several features \u2013 typically a sketch, a cut extrude, and an extend feature. In the current challenge (shown in the image below) we can see that we have a series of 60mm x 40mm rectangular tube members coming together with some 40mm x 40mm square tube members.<\/p>\n When working with SOLIDWORKS Weldments in previous versions of SOLIDWORKS, users had struggled with the challenge of matching 2 different sized profiles at a mitered corner. When users attempted to work with the trim\/extend tool and use the miter joint option, they would be presented with the solution shown in the following image:<\/p>\n Creating structural members for welded, bolted of framed designs has always been a breeze in SOLIDWORKS, thanks to the SOLIDWORKS WELDMENTS functionality found in the SOLIDWORKS Standard, SOLIDWORKS Professional and SOLIDWORKS Premium software bundles. For years, SOLIDWORKS users have enjoyed<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":474,"featured_media":29040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2823,35],"tags":[2908,144,453,499],"class_list":["post-29044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks-2021","category-tips-tricks","tag-miter-joints","tag-tech-tips","tag-tips-and-tricks","tag-weldments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/474"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29046,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29044\/revisions\/29046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSOLIDWORKS 2021 introduces a great new tool to address this challenge: the option for FULL FLUSH corners when using the Miter Trim\/Extend feature.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThis option worked great when the 2 structural profiles were the same size, as SOLIDWORKS would calculate the bisecting angle between the two members, and create a miter at this bisecting angle leaving an equal angle miter cut on each structural member. But when the structural member profiles were of 2 different sizes, this would not be the desired result, as you will need to cut 2 different angles. A true bisecting angle would leave one member too long, and one member too short, as shown in the above image.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nIn the new Tim\/Extend interface found in SOLIDWORKS 2021, we can see a new option \u2013 the FULL FLUSH option. This option automatically solves the correct angle for structural member 1 and structural member 2. It then performs both a trim and an extend, with a different angle on each structural member, to leave you with a perfectly flush miter between the 2 structural members. This reduces the number of features needed and the amount of time it takes to calculate the perfect angle between these 2 differently shaped structural members.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSOLIDWORKS 2021 introduced a great new miter option in the Trim\/Extend command \u2013 the FULL FLUSH option for a structural member miter joint. With this tool users can quickly match 2 differently shaped structural members with a perfectly flush miter. This will be a great time saver for any SOLIDWORKS users who work with the SOLIDWORKS Weldments commands!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"