Creating a Weld Feature

  This task will show you how to create a weld feature. You can set text properties either before or after you create the text.
Welding symbols

You can add the following welding symbols according to the dedicated standard.

Name AWS ISO JIS
Back
Corner Flange NA
Edge Flange
Edge
Fillet
Flare Bevel
Flare V
Inclined joint NA
Melt Thru NA NA
Permanent backing strip used NA NA
Plug
Removable backing strip used NA NA
Scarf NA NA
Seam
Spot
Spot JIS NA NA
Single-bevel butt
Square butt
Single-J butt
Single-U butt
Single-V butt
Single-V butt with broad root face NA NA
Steep-flanked Bevel butt NA NA
Steep-flanked V butt NA NA
Stud NA
Surfacing
Transparency
Consumable
Surface joint NA
Overlay

Complementary symbols

You can add the following contour symbols according to the dedicated standard.

Name AWS ISO JIS
Concave face
Convex face
Fillet weld with smooth blended face NA NA
Flat face
Flush finished NA NA

Finish symbols

You can add the following finish symbols according to the dedicated standard.
 

Name AWS ISO JIS
C
F
G
H
M
R
U

 
Complementary indications
Field weld
Weld-all-around
Weld text side (up or down)
Indent line side (up or down)
Weld tail
Alternative welding staggered display
Reference
  Open an existing 3D part representation.

  1. Click Weld Feature  from the Annotations toolbar.

  2. Select an element or click in the free space to position the leader anchor point.
    The welding leader and the Welding creation dialog box are displayed.

     

  3. Select the direction for the weld text side and the indent line side.

  4. Enter the values in the required boxes.
    • When you specify the size of weld and the length of weld, a new box appears above it for additional information.
    • The engineering symbols can be inserted in all the boxes except the box below plug symbol.
    • When you select welds created in the Weld Design app, the welding specifications (size of the weld, length of the weld, and primary welding symbol) automatically appear which cannot be edited. In the Welding Symbol dialog box, you can specify the other editable symbols.
    • When you modify the welds in the Weld Design app, the isolated annotations are not updated.
    • When an associative welding symbol is created, it can be connected with another 3D weld (which may be not be of same type and length) using geometry connection management without any warning.

  5. In the Welding symbol dialog box, select the direction for the Weld text side and the Indent line side .
    • In the case of a Drafting view associative to a weld specification originally defined in the Weld Design app, this dialog box is pre-filled in accordance with the 3D specification. The welding symbol is created associatively to the 3D specification. In this case, the parameters in the dialog box cannot be modified.
    • The Indent line side is available only when the welding symbol display System-A is selected in the welding parameters of ISO standard. Fore more information, see Welding.
    		  

  6.  Specify the appropriate primary welding, complementary, and finish symbols. For more information
    • The welding symbols are available depending on the selected standard.
    • The welding symbol is automatically updated when the drawing standard is switched. For example, from JIS to ISO. During the switch, a symbol is not displayed if it is unavailable in the target standard.
    • When an elementary or a supplementary symbol is selected, another pair of these symbols appear above them.
    • The Indent line side is available only when the welding symbol System-A is selected in the ISO standard. For more information, see
    • When the plug weld symbol is selected, a box appears below it.
    • The staggered (Z) symbol is displayed in the welding symbol annotation only if a text is entered next to the staggered symbol.
    • In the Welding Symbol dialog box, the staggered symbol appears based on the welding staggered display parameter selected in the Standard Definition dialog box. For more information, see Welding.
      • Usual: To display the staggered (Z) symbol in the welding symbol annotation.
      • Alternative: To offset the weld symbol on the opposite side of the reference line. Click the Alternative welding staggered display to activate the alternative welding staggered symbol.
    		 

  7. Type the desired values in the upper and/or lower field(s).

  8. If you want to add complementary indications like a field weld or a weld tail, for example, click the appropriate button.

  9. Click OK.

    The welding symbol is created.

  10. If needed, modify the welding symbol position by dragging it to the required location. 

  11. Double-click the welding symbol to edit it,  and change the weld text side for example by clicking the Up/Down switch button.
  • You can reset the current style values in the Welding creation dialog box at any time using the Reset button.
  • At any time, you can modify the welding symbol. To do this, double-click the welding symbol to be modified and enter the modifications in the displayed dialog box.
  • You can import a plain text file (.txt) to use as a reference (specification, process or other) by clicking the Import File button.