Creates caterpillars and side weld annotations.
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Note: This command only works for drawings that contain mechanical entities. To set the environment for BricsCAD Mechanical drawings, see the Overview of 2D Mechanical Drawings commands article.
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.
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- Alignment
- Defines the type of the caterpillars weld.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
