Creating a Weld Feature

Weld Feature lets you create a weld feature annotation to set welding specifications.


Before you begin: Open an existing 3D shape.
  1. Select an edge defining the weld.

    For a weld created in the Weld Design app, select the weld representation.

  2. In the Welding Symbol dialog box, select the direction for the weld text side and the indent line side.
  3. Enter the values in the required boxes.

    • Specify the size of weld, length of weld and engineering symbols.
    • 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. You can specify the other editable symbols.

      When the knowledge parameters of the welding features created in the Weld Design app are modified, all the associated welding annotations are automatically updated.

      Note: If the weld annotation and weld feature are on two different 3D shapes under the same root product, move the annotation to display its updated value when the knowledge parameters are modified.
    • 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.

  4. Specify the primary welding, complementary, and finish symbols.
    Notes:
    • The Indent line side is available only when the welding symbol System-A is selected in the ISO standard.
    • When an elementary or a supplementary symbol is selected, another pair of these symbols appear above them.
    • The staggered symbol appears based on the welding staggered display parameter selected between following:
      • 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. Select the Alternative welding staggered display to activate the alternative welding staggered symbol.
    • The staggered symbol is displayed in the annotation only when a text is entered in the boxes next to the staggered symbol.
  5. Specify the other complementary indications such as field weld and weld tail.