End Cap PropertyManager

To open the End Cap PropertyManager:

Click End Cap tool_End_Cap_Weldment.gif (Weldments toolbar) or Insert > Weldments > End Cap.

Parameters

PM_faces_to_mirror.gif Face Select one or more profile faces.

  Thickness direction Set the direction of the end cap. Select one of the following:

Outward

PM_End_Cap_thickness_direction_outward.gif Extends out from the structure, increasing the structure's overall length.

Inward

PM_End_Cap_thickness_direction_inward.gif Extends into the structure, retaining the original structure's overall length.

Internal

Places the end cap inside the structural member at the inset distance you specify.
PM_direction1_thck.gif Thickness Sets the thickness of the cap.
Inset Distance Available when Thickness direction is Internal.

Sets the distance an internal end cap is inset.

Offset

The end cap offset is the distance from the edge of the structural member to the edge of the end cap.
weldments_endcap_offset.gif

By default, this distance is subtracted from the outside edge, decreasing the size of the end cap, as shown above.

  Thickness Ratio Select to specify the offset distance as a Thickness Ratio (a value between 0 and 1) in the text box.

The offset is equal to the wall thickness of the structural member multiplied by the specified thickness ratio.
  Offset Value Select to specify an Edge Offset Value in the text box.
Reverse Reverses the direction in which the Thickness Ratio or Edge Offset Value is applied.

Default

Reversed

Corner Treatment

Chamfer Adds chamfers to the corners of the end cap.

When you select Chamfer, the text field label appears as . Use the field to specify the Chamfer Distance.
Fillet Adds fillets to the corners of the end cap.

When you select Fillet, the text field label appears as . Use the field to specify the Fillet Radius.
Fillet Radius  
You can set the default color for End cap features in Model Display Options.