With structure types in Onepush a building package can be enriched with custom weld patterns. This saves a lot of time marking the welds by hand with a sharpie.
Below you find a matrix in which the pattern output of all combinations of the 3 structure types are described.
Weld pattern behavior matrix
Sending structure type | Receiving structure type | Weld pattern |
Shell | Shell | Full weld |
Shell | Primary | Full weld |
Shell | Secondary | Full weld |
Primary | Primary | Full weld |
Primary | Shell | Pattern weld |
Primary | Secondary | Full weld |
Secondary | Secondary | Full weld |
Secondary | Shell | Pattern weld |
Secondary | Primary | Full weld |
No structure type | - | Pattern weld |
Rule of thumb:
SHELL: Skin plates, bulkheads, tanks, flanges that are cut, diamond plates
PRIMARY: all main construction parts that are reinforced with flange profiles
SECONDARY: plate stiffeners and brackets
It is possible to set up a custom weld pattern for individual parts. Select the parts and add a weld pattern code under ''Weldmarking Pattern'' in the editor.
Enter ''full'' in the data field for a full welded pattern of that particular part.
Parts can pull all weld markings to itself. Select ''yes'' if this is necessary.
Primary crossing full distance
The Onepush weld marking algorithm finds so-called ''primary crossing'' points in a construction. In the radius where two primary construction members cross all welds will be marked with a full pattern. This radius can be set up with a custom value in the model settings on the summary page of your model.
The standard primary crossing full distance is R150mm.