Class WeldPathSegment

Represents the orientation and length of one segment of a WeldPathSpecification.Segments

Inheritance
object
WeldPathSegment
Inherited Members
Namespace: DesignData.SDS2.Model
Assembly: DesignData.SDS2.Model.dll
Syntax
public sealed class WeldPathSegment

Constructors

WeldPathSegment()

Represents the orientation and length of one segment of a WeldPathSpecification.Segments

Declaration
public WeldPathSegment()

Properties

Length

The length of the weld segment

Declaration
public double Length { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
double

ToFilletRoot

Defines the direction of toe1 to the root for fillet welds

Declaration
public Vector3D ToFilletRoot { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
Vector3D
Remarks

Fillet welds should use FromFilletLayout(), FromFilletSegment(), or WeldProfileFillet.GetWeldPathSegment() to set this value appropriately

ToGlobalCoordinates

The segment's transformation matrix from local coordinates to global coordinates. The X axis of a weld segment is is the direction from one end of the segment to the other end. The Y axis is the direction from the first toe to the second toe. For bevel welds, the Z axis is the direction from the first toe towards the root. Fillet welds ignore the Z axis and instead use ToFilletRoot. The translation portion of the matrix represents a point on the face of the weld. For fillet and groove welds this is toe1. For U and V groove welds this is the midpoint between toes on the face of the weld.

Declaration
public Matrix ToGlobalCoordinates { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
Matrix
Remarks

See WeldProfileFillet for an alternative representation that may be more useful for fillet welds

Methods

~WeldPathSegment()

Represents the orientation and length of one segment of a WeldPathSpecification.Segments

Declaration
protected ~WeldPathSegment()

FromFilletLayout(Layout3D, double)

Return a list of WeldPathSegment objects that represent the fillet weld layout

Declaration
public static WeldPathSegmentList FromFilletLayout(Layout3D layout, double weldSize)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Layout3D layout
double weldSize
Returns
Type Description
WeldPathSegmentList
Remarks

This will create welds where the root runs along the layout nodes which is useful for fillet welds. It is less useful for butt welds when you want the toe to run along the layout nodes. See FromLayout for butt welds

Exceptions
Type Condition
InvalidValueException

Thrown when the cross product of the vector between end points of any segment and the depth vector for those end points is zero

FromFilletSegment(Point3D, Point3D, Vector3D, Vector3D, double)

Return a WeldPathSegment given the segment end points and two normals of the the surfaces to fillet weld

Declaration
public static WeldPathSegment FromFilletSegment(Point3D segmentEndPoint1, Point3D segmentEndPoint2, Vector3D surfaceNormal1, Vector3D surfaceNormal2, double weldSize)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Point3D segmentEndPoint1
Point3D segmentEndPoint2
Vector3D surfaceNormal1
Vector3D surfaceNormal2
double weldSize
Returns
Type Description
WeldPathSegment
Exceptions
Type Condition
InvalidValueException

Thrown when the cross product of the profile toes is the zero.

FromLayout(Layout3D)

Return a list of WeldPathSegment objects that represent the layout

Declaration
public static WeldPathSegmentList FromLayout(Layout3D layout)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Layout3D layout
Returns
Type Description
WeldPathSegmentList
Remarks

This will create welds where the toe runs along the layout nodes which is useful for butt welds. It is not useful for fillet welds when you want the root to run along the layout nodes. See FromFilletLayout for a fillet weld layout

Exceptions
Type Condition
InvalidValueException

Thrown when the cross product of the vector between end points of any segment and the depth vector for those end points is zero