Drawing Welding Symbol Reference

Configure the details of a welding symbol placed on a selected weld edge in a drawing view.

What's New: 2023

The dialog box opens when you place a welding symbol. Available options are determined by the weld symbol style and the associated drafting standard.

If the model in the drawing view is a weldment that contains fillet welds, the dialog box displays the available data from the model.

Note: Once placed, a welding symbol does not update if the model changes. To add welding symbols that maintain association to the model, set the weldment options on the Options tab of the Create View dialog box when you place a view, or right-click the view, and select Get Model Annotations

Get Welding Symbol.

Access:

Ribbon: Annotate tab

Symbols panel

Welding

Sets the layout and content of the welding symbol. Symbols and values change, depending on the specified weld type and the active drafting standard. Choose the weld type and secondary fillet type, if applicable, and then specify the corresponding attributes.

Identification Line	Click the arrow to select no identification line, identification line above, or identification line below the reference line. Available for ISO and DIN only.
Swap Arrow/ Other Symbols	Click to switch the arrow and symbols above or below the reference line.
Stagger	Staggers the welding symbols for fillets. Available only if fillet welding symbols are set on both sides of the reference line.
Spacer	Inserts a Spacer symbol in the reference line of a double groove weld symbol.
Tail note box	Adds description to the selected reference line.
Closed note tail	Select check box to enclose note text in a box.
Prefix	Specifies a prefix to precede the symbol.
Leg	Specifies text for the leg.
Penetration Depth	Sets the weld depth.
Pitch	Specifies the distance between welds.
Contour	Specifies the contour finish for the weld. Click the arrow and choose Flush or flat finish, Convex finish, Concave finish, or Toes blended smooth (DIN only).
Secondary fillet type	Specifies the type of weld for secondary fillets.Available only when the active drafting standard is based on ANSI.
Angle	Specifies the angle between weldments.
Brazing	Specifies whether the weld is brazed. Select or clear the check box to add or remove the brazing symbol.
Clearance	Specifies the clearance for the braze.
Depth	Specifies the depth of the weld.
Diameter	Specifies the diameter of the weld.
Gap	Specifies the space between weldments.
Height	Specifies the height of the weld.
Length	Specifies the length of the weld.
Method	Specifies the finish method for the weld. Click the arrow and choose the method from the list.
Middle	Specifies the type of inspection to perform on the weld.
Number	Specifies the number of welds.
Root	Specifies the root thickness of the weld.
Root gap	Specifies the gap for the weld.
Size	Specifies the size of the weld.
Small leg	Specifies the thickness of the weld.
Spacing	Specifies the space between welds.
Thickness	Specifies the thickness of the weld.
Flag	Specifies whether to add a flag indicating a field or site weld to the selected reference line.
All-around symbol	Specifies whether to use an all-around symbol on the selected reference line. The diameter of the all-round character is specified in the leader style.
Symbol box	In Symbol, click Add to add a welding symbol to the current symbol. Click Delete to delete the current symbol. Click Previous or Next to activate the previous or next symbol.. All edits affect the current symbol only.