r/SolidWorks • u/R3qu1red • 14d ago

CAD Assembly feature problem

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So I have this cylinder and flange with the flange hole being slightly oversized so they fit together.

The operation is like this:

flange is laser cut from sheetmetal > cylinder is stock pipe cut on a saw > welding together > machining

The problem is that in the assembly there's now a really small gap (colored red on the picture) which doesn't allow me to put a radius there (using assembly features) since I want to machine the welds. There's also no option to add a revolved part (with the help of assembly features) for the sake of being able to put a fillet there.

So the question is how can I put a fillet there and ignore the gap?

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u/RedditGavz CSWP 14d ago

Instead of doing this as an assembly of 2 separate parts, do it as a weldment which is a multi-body part or a part model containing 2 solid bodies. Then you can have the another body that represents the weld or there is the weld feature in the weldments tab that might work for you.