The Weld Bead Style specifies the attributes for weld annotation objects in drawings, including caterpillars, end fills, and annotations recovered from a weldment model.
The Weld Bead Style is a substyle of the active standard style.
Access
Ribbon:
Manage tab
Styles and Standards panel
Styles Editor
. In the Style and Standard Editor dialog box, click Weld Bead, and then click Weld Bead Recovery. If available, click one of the listed styles to view or edit.
For the current document, you can click:
- Back to return to the previously edited style. You are prompted to save the previous edits.
- New to create new styles. Select the Add to Standard check box to add to the available styles list in the active standard style.
- Save to save changes to an existing style in the current document.
- Reset to return style values to the saved values.
- Filter to show Local Styles, Styles in the Active Standard, or All Styles in the browser.
- Import to use the Import Style Definition dialog box to import a style exported from another document.
On the Manage tab, Styles and Standards panel, you can also use these commands:
- Click Update to refresh the style list in the browser pane to include new or changed styles in the library.
- Click Save to save changed styles to the style library, which replaces the style library version with the new values.
- Click Purge to delete unused styles from the document.
In the Weld Bead Style window, specify the attributes for weld bead recover.
Caterpillar
Sets the defaults for weld caterpillar annotations in the drawing.
- Type
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Selects the default caterpillar type: Centered or Edge caterpillar. Set the defaults for both types.
- Stitch Options
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Sets the size for creating intermittent caterpillars.
Length sets the default length of one segment in an intermittent caterpillar.
Offset sets the default distance between the centers of two adjacent segments of an intermittent caterpillar.
- Seam Visibility
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Select the check box to set the default for the visibility of the edge on which a weld caterpillar is placed. Clear the check box to hide the edge after placing the caterpillar.
- Width
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Sets the default width of caterpillar legs. For a partial caterpillar, width is the distance between the endpoint of the leg and the selected edge. For a full caterpillar, width is the distance between the endpoints of the legs.
- Angle
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Sets the default angle for an imaginary line between the selected edge and the endpoints of the caterpillar legs. The units (deg, rad, grad) are displayed.
- Spacing
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Sets the default distance between legs in the caterpillar. The units (in, mm, cm, and so on) are displayed.
- Arc %
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Sets the default radius of the arc relative to the length of the arc chord. The value must be greater than 0° and less than 100°.
- Line Weight
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Sets the default thickness of the lines in the caterpillar. All line weights defined in the active standard are available. Click the arrow to select a value. If a specific value is not selected, the default By Layer is used, where the line weight is defined by the layer on which the object resides.
End Fills
Sets the defaults for weld end fill annotations in the drawing.
- Leg 1/ Leg 2
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Sets the default height and width for end fills.
Type the value for each leg into the corresponding box. Units are displayed (in, mm, cm, and so on).
- Throat Depth
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Sets the default throat depth for fillets.
- Bevel defined by Throat Depth
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If selected, the fillet size is defined by throat depth by default.
- Scale
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Sets the default scale for the selected hatch pattern. Click the arrow, and then select the scale. Not available if Solid Fill is checked.
- Hatch
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Selects a default hatch pattern for the fill. Click the arrow, and then select from the available hatches. Not available if Solid Fill is checked.
- Color
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Selects the default display color for the hatch or solid fill. Click the color button, and then select the color. If no color is selected, By Layer is the default, where the color is defined by the layer on which the object resides.
- Solid Fill
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Sets solid fill as the default the end fill. Select Solid Fill to fill the end fill. Clear the check mark to use the selected hatch pattern as the default fill for end fills.
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