Place Weld Symbol

Used to place a callout for a selected component in the support drawing which corresponds to a BOM entry. This can be used to either replace an existing callout which may have been deleted, or used to move a previously placed callout.

Accessed from:

Drawing Production ribbon group

Displays the following dialog which is used to place a welding symbol in an extracted drawing.

Menus

Setting	Description
Load	Load: Loads saved symbols from one of the settings fields: Weld 1 through Weld 5ave - Saves the current symbol as Weld 1,2,3,4 or 5. Save - Saves the current symbol as Weld 1,2,3,4 or 5.
Edit	Clear All: Resets all settings to the default None.
Settings	Symbology - Displays the Symbology dialog shown below: You can use this dialog to change the color, style, and weight for the listed symbol components. Symbol Text Note Side Click OK to apply the changes.
Standard	Choose the required standard from the list: ANSI ISO JIS DIN Note: Available welds and the symbol layout change to accommodate each loaded standard.
Direction	Select the direction from which the symbol will move from the leader line: Auto: The symbol will start or end at the leader line, depending on the direction of the leader. Right: The symbol will be to the right of the leader line, regardless of the direction of the leader. Left: The symbol will be to the left of the leader line, regardless of the direction of the leader.
Association	Turn on this check box to create associations to the elements.

Dialog Symbols

The dialog provides two sets of symbol and dimension data fields on either side of the reference line. The essential symbols are activated by feeding dimension data or included from the list.

Weld Size - field no. (1)
Contour symbol - field no. (2)
Weld symbol - field no. (3)
Finish, Groove Angle, and Root Opening - field no. (4)
Length, Pitch, and Number of welds - field no. (6)
Size of groove, Effective throat - field no. (6)
Tail - Specification, Process reference - field no. (7)

Welding symbols

The skeleton of the welding symbol essentially includes major graphical elements.

Setting	Description
Reference Line	A default horizontal reference line forms an essential part of welding symbol. It acts as an anchor to which all the other welding symbols are tied.
Side	The dotted lines are required by one or more standards to define welds located on the opposite side from where the arrow is pointing. Clicking just below or above the reference line adds the side of the weld at arrow side or other side respectively.
Field Weld	Shows the flag towards the tail field weld, when activated indicates the welds are to be made on the site, or at the place of initial construction. To exclude the field in the welding symbology, click another time to deactivate.
Weld-all-around-symbol	Places a circle at the field weld flag indicating a continuous weld which may: Extend completely around a joint. Extend completely around a joint which includes more than one type of weld, indicated by a combination weld symbol. Extend completely around a joint in which the metal intersections at the points of welding are in more than one plane
Staggered Intermittent weld	Appears for the ISO and DI standards.
Tail	When activated, supplementary information about the welds in the welding symbol are keyed in the field at the bottom of the extended dialog.
Specification, process or other reference	The weld process ident stores the reference to the welding process, the electrode, a detail drawing, or any information that aids in the making of the weld that does not have its own special place on the symbol. For example, A definite process reference, such as CP indicates complete joint preparation, E7018 indicates preferred type electrode.

Note: Other than reference line the rest of the graphical elements add supplementary indicators to welding symbol.

Weld Symbol Options

The dialog provides two sets of symbol options on either side of the reference line; one for choosing the weld, and another for the contour symbols (by default they all are set to None).

Click on the option menu to choose the graphic of appropriate to weld symbol.

Setting	Description
Contour symbol option (Field 2)	Use the menu options list to choose one of the contour symbols from the list.
Basic weld symbol options (Field 3)	Use the menu options list to choose one of the contour symbols from the list.

Note: The list varies depending on the current standard applied.

Weld Dimensions and Other Data

The rest of the fields, four on each side, accept alphanumeric data to be added in the welding symbol.

Setting	Description
Weld size (Field 1)	Specifies the weld sizes. For fillet welds, numbers to the left of the symbol indicate the design throat thickness, leg length, or both design throat thickness and leg length requirements. The weld sizes could be specified with standard designations, say for ISO standard a7 z 10, a7 b 10 etc. where; a = design throat thickness z = leg length s = penetration throat thickness The number followed by these letters determines the welding dimensions.
Finish/Groove Angle/Root Opening (Field 2)	Sets the Finish, Groove Angle, or Root Opening value as applicable for the weld being defined. Finish - Sets the method of finish finishing of surface contours, especially in fillet welds. Typical Finish symbols used: C - chipping G - grinding H - hammering M - machining The degree of finish is keyed in as a number value Groove Angle - Sets the angle of the groove or angle of countersink of plug welds. For example: 60º - interprets as groove angle. Root opening - Sets the root opening or depth of filling for plug and slot welds. For example: ¼ - the value is taken for root opening extent.
Length, Pitch and Number of Welds (Field 5)	The intermittency field sets the length, and pitch or number of welds. For example: Keying values 3"; 6" for length and pitch imply 3" weld deposit and 6" as the centre to centre spacing of each stitch. [L; P] The number of welds is wrapped in bracket next to the length when the dimension is specified without quoting the pitch. [L (N)]
Size of groove, Effective throat (Field 6)	This field supplies dimension applied to the groove weld, interpreted internally for the right symbol. For Example: ½ (¾) - takes depth of groove and effective throat in parentheses.