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Good evening everyone,

When designing a plan under SW15 in welded constructions mode, I noticed that the sketches take into account the width of the profiles. Let me explain: taking the example of a rectangular table of 800 x 1600 mm with square tube profiles of 40x40x2 mm, well the initial sketch must imperatively have a dimension of 760 x 1560 to have a correct list of materials in order to have the dimension of 800 x 1600 again, so I'm talking to you pros to know if it's logical or I'm the one who is not only a NOVICE, but maybe I need to adapt settings in this software...?

Thank you for your answers

Kind regards

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Good evening

Looks at the position of the profile in relation to the sketch (centered, interior, exterior). In your case, the profile must be centered on the sketch so half a width of the profile is "lost" on each side

Here is a link to the help: http://help.solidworks.com/2015/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_Weldments_Pierce_Points.htm (at the very bottom: modification of meeting points)

If necessary, put a screen view, I could guide you.

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Hello

Yes as explained @glaffont, look at the bottom of the Feature Manager there is a tab "Position profile"

Click on it and choose a different anchor point for the sketch.

and may the force be with you

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See this tutorial to understand "Positioning the Profile"

http://tutoriel.solidworks.free.fr/crbst_112.html

 

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As said before 

You have to create meeting points on the profile sketches

in its own library 

Have a nice day @+

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when you go to make your second group, SW will automatically adjust the profiles to the first group.

Then if you want to change the fit between profiles, you have to take the adjust/extend function to change this cut.

After in your plan, in the list of parts, sw out the length of the profile so in your ex 760mm and not 800 as your sketch.

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