Steel Structures & Welded Assemblies – DFM Fabrication Drawings

My role: Lead Mechanical Design Engineer – weldment design, DFM & shop drawings Goal: Turn structural steel concepts into weldments that fabrication shops can cut, fit and weld without questions. Solution: Designed frames, platforms, goods-lift structures and supports as SolidWorks weldments using standard profiles. Optimized joints for weld access, minimized part count and checked critical members with FEA. Deliverables: Shop drawings with AWS weld symbols, structural cut lists with lengths and miter angles, laser/plasma-ready DXFs for plates and gussets, ballooned assemblies, BOM and STEP files. Result: Faster fabrication, less scrap and fewer shop RFIs. Tools: SolidWorks Weldments, SolidWorks Simulation