Bevel Types

AVEVA Marine has support for the beveling used in two main types of connections.

Two structural members (mostly plates) lying in principally the same plane are connected along edges. Such a connection is called a butt joint and the corresponding welding is called butt welding.

Two structural members are mounted at an angle to each other - one element (plate or profile) is welded along an edge to the surface of another member (normally a plate). This type of connection is achieved by what is called fillet welding.

The picture below shows a typical example of one butt joint and one fillet joint.

The shape of an edge involved in butt and fillet welding, respectively, may look the same but they are always described using different bevel types as specified in detail in paragraphs to follow.