Bevels

Bevels are converted to a WELD statement or as part of a SEAM statement. For the conversion of bevels a file is used with the description of a bevel followed by the clause to be used in Tribon. A line in this file looks like this:

<bevel definition> : <bevel clause>

A bevel definition consists of the following keywords:

FI                - the definition is to be used for fillet joints only

BU                - the definition is to be used for butt joints only

SEAM                - the definition is to be used for seams only

REL                - the definition is to be used for relative angles only

ALPHA n1,n2

BETA        n1,n2

NOSE n1,n2

H n1,n2

E n1,n2

T n1,n2

GAP n1,n2

CHAMFER n1,n2

 

n1 = minimum value (* = no minimum)

n2 = maximum value (* = no maximum)

See the picture for meaning of the keywords.

An example:

BU ALPHA 10,40 BETA *,0 :BEV=002

FI ALPHA 10,40 BETA *,30 :BEV=002

FI ALPHA 30,30 BETA 30,30 NOSE 2,2 T 10,10 E 10,10 H 6,6 GAP 0,* CHAMFER 0,0 REL : BEV=444

: BEV=999

The program searches the file from the first to the last line until it finds a matching line.

Settings in configuration file:

bevel_code_file - file with bevel conversion definition