AMWELDSYM command

Creates a welding symbols.

BricsCAD Mechanical

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Methods

Select the object to attach the welding symbol and specify the points for its location.

There are two use cases:
  1. When creating a new drawing that will contain 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 you can start special symbols creation.
Note: These symbols are compatible with the legacy AutoCAD Mechanical application.
Note: The symbol 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 the case of copying, entities that are not related to the mechanical data, a vanilla drawing will not be filled with mechanical data.

After creating the symbol prototype with the AMWELDSYM command, you can configure the exact welding symbol's properties from the Properties panel:

Symbol

All Around
Toggles the visibility of the All Around symbol in the welding symbol.
Field weld
Toggle the visibility of the Field weld symbol in the welding symbol.
Note tail
Displays the state of the note tail.
Process notes
Defines the process notes.
Stagger
Chooses between move and mirrored stagger for intermittent welds on both sides.
Flip symbol
Chooses between left and right aligned for weld symbol.

Requirements - Arrow side

Weld type
Defines the weld type from the below options:

Small leg
Defines the small leg dimension of the weld.
Size
Defines the size of the weld.
Length
Defines the length of the weld.
Pitch
Defines the pitch dimension for intermittent weld.
Contour
Defines the shape of the weld.

Requirements - other side

Defines the type and dimensions of the weld on the other side.

Leader

Arrowhead
Defines the default arrowhead type for welding symbols.