AMSIMPLEWELD command

Creates caterpillars and side weld annotations.

BricsCAD Mechanical

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Method

There are two use cases to activate the mechanical entities:
  1. When creating a new drawing that contains mechanical entities:
    1. Set the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable to ON (1).
    2. Start a new drawing using a Mechanical2d template.
  2. When opening a drawing that contains mechanical entities:
    1. Set the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable to ON (1).
    2. Open an existent ACM drawing and start special symbols creation.
Note: These dimensions are compatible with the legacy AutoCAD® Mechanical application.
Note: The dimensions will be added to the AM_5 layer.
Note: After opening a drawing that contains mechanical entities, filling other drawings with mechanical-related data will be done on-demand in contrast to previous versions. It will be possible when a user copies the mechanical-related entities to the vanilla drawing. In case of copying entities that are not related to the mechanical data, a vanilla drawing will not be filled with mechanical data.
Note: When you open a drawing that contains mechanical entities, but the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable is OFF, a warning bubble is displayed at the status bar that describes the situation and provides a hyperlink to immediately enable and load the mechanical 2d modules.

Options within the command

Front
Creates a front view fillet or single -V butt welds (caterpillars) along a curve (line, polyline, arc, ellipse) between two specified points.
Note: Caterpillars are created as block references in the layout.
Alignment
Defines the type of the caterpillars weld:
Left
Adds a partial caterpillar and places it on the left of the curve.
Center
Adds a full caterpillar and centers it on the curve.
Right
Adds a partial caterpillar and places it on the right of the curve.
Note: If the HOTKEYASSISTANT system variable is ON, the Hotkey Assistant widget displays. Repeatedly press the Ctrl key to cycle the above various options.
Width
Defines the weld width.
Note:
  • For a partial caterpillar, the weld width is the distance between the endpoint of the beam and the selected edge.
  • For a full caterpillar, the weld width is the distance between the two endpoints of the beam.
Step
Defines the bead pitch.
switch Orientation
Toggles the bead orientation.
switch Direction
Toggles the bead direction.
Full
Creates the front weld symbol along the entire selected curve.
Side
Creates a side view seam or single -V butt welds with the specified Leg width and rotation angle.
Fillet
Creates a side view for a fillet weld.
single - V butt
Creates a side view for a single - V butt weld.
Note: If the HOTKEYASSISTANT system variable is ON, the Hotkey Assistant widget displays. Repeatedly press the Ctrl key to cycle through the above options.
change leg Width
Defines another value for the leg width.