Style and Standard Editor - Weld Symbol Style Reference

Defines welding symbols available for use in the drawing or template.

What's New: 2023

The Weld Symbol 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 Symbol. 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.

Set weld symbol attributes in the Weld Style window.

Substyles

Specifies styles required to define a weld symbol. The attributes of the leader, alternate leader, and text styles are defined in their own style; balloons reference those attributes for formatting those objects.

: Some substyles can be edited while defining the parent style. Click the pencil to edit the selected style. When you save the style, the changes are in effect wherever the style is used.
Leader Style: Click the arrow to list leader styles in the active standard. Click the pencil icon to open the leader style for editing.
Text Style: Click the arrow to list text styles in the active standard. Weld symbol text is formatted with this style.

Identification Line

Sets the format for displaying a welding symbol identification line.

Identification Line Default: Click to select the default placement. Select no identification line, identification line above, or identification line below the reference line. May be changed for individual welding symbols. Available for ISO and DIN only.
Offset: Controls the distance between the line and the welding symbol. The resulting offset is calculated using this value and the text height.
Line Type: Sets the line style, such as dashed, dotted, or continuous. Click the arrow to select the line type from the list.

Arrow Side Position

Determines if the weld symbol is on the top or bottom of the reference line.

Field Flag Direction

Specifies the flag direction of the Field welding symbol.

Note: The "Fixed Right" option is set as default for JIS standard. The "Automatic" option is set as default for other standards.

Automatic The Field flag changes direction based on the leader direction.
Fixed Left The Field flag always points to the left ignoring the direction of the leader.
Fixed Right The Field flag always points to the right ignoring the direction of the leader.

Symbol Size

Specifies the size of the weld symbol.

Link to Text Height: Select the check box to size the symbol the same as the text height defined in the active standard.
Scale Factor: Clear the Link to Text Height check box to enter a scale factor relative to its default size. Scale factor must be between 0.5 and 2.00.

Symbol Filter

Lists all defined welding, contour, and backing symbols, regardless of active standard. Selecting a symbol or canceling the selection includes or removes it to the selection set in the Welding Symbol dialog box.

Symbol list originates in the Welding Symbol dialog box.

Click a symbol type to show all defined symbols of that type. Click the check box to include the symbol in the Welding Symbol dialog box selection set or clear the check box to remove it from the list.

Click the plus sign to see variations of a symbol and then click the desired variation.

Welding symbols: List originates on the Arrow Side of the Welding Symbol dialog box.
Contour symbols: List originates on the Other Side of the Welding Symbol dialog box.
Backing symbols: List originates on the Other Side of the Welding Symbol dialog box.

Comments

Enter information about the definition of a particular style, such as date created, created by, or derived from a particular standard.