How can show the welded joints in a steel frame structural 3D model drawing without any anotation. Our office is using the basic Microstation software only without any add on.
Unknown said: basic Microstation software only without any add on.
basic Microstation software only without any add on.
Well...
...do you mean something "realistic" like this one?
If yes (I strongly advice you NOT to do it - too much detail for nothing. As others suggested in your other similar posts use some annotation instead of the actual modeling) it's doable with plain Microstation but requires a rather strong knowledge related with nurbs modeling (I'm talking about the welding itself, not the bike swingarm shown).
Mail me off line for a very long talking.
best, Peter
PS: and to put the whole "welding modeling" into some realistic perspective:
This sort of "detail" it's rather required (for having an accurate idea about the aesthetics) for a bike and/or an bespoke industrial product that costs an arm and a leg (like a Panigale R or an Ariel Atom TR) but it's totally out of real-life meaning for plain industrial purposes (unless you communicate solely with 3d content the likes of 3D PDF).
Imagine this with (node) weldings "accurately" modeled .... not even a Cray could handle the 3d stuff...
Unknown said: .... not even a Cray could handle the 3d stuff...
.... not even a Cray could handle the 3d stuff...
.....so....that's why we see bolted connections? ;-)
Unknown said: why we see bolted connections? ;-)
why we see bolted connections? ;-)
Indeed that's the real reason, he he.
Moral: (a) Cancel your Cray order (b) buy a Black & Decker
This was answered before the Communities update
If you can get the Structural Steel software Phil is talking about, that would probably be the best. If not: In Plane MicroStation you have 2 main options depending on if the elements you want to create a Fillet between are Surfaces or Solids. It looks like the pdf steel shapes are Solids:
In the Surface & Solid Modeling tools there is a FILLET SURFACES that will create a curve (looks like a weld except it is a surface (ends are not capped)). This option will also work between a Surface and Solid or Surfaces of a Solids. This Surface can be Thickened to a solid object
The second option is in the Solids Modeling set of tools called FILLET EDGES tool but the separate Solids need to be joined together into a single Solid and the Fillet is part of the final object but handles the change in weld direction better.
Other options are to project a curve or shape along the joint and I am sure there are others.
I Hope This Helps Someone Reading This! (Intergraph>PseudoStation>MicroStation user since 1980's)
Answer Verified By: Retnarajan James