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.
