Weld Add ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

• Draws a weld symbol that shows user-configurable "arrow side" and "other side" weld specifications.
• In a crane placement drawing , you can add objects to non comment layers as well as comment layers. In a non crane placement drawing, you can add objects only to comment layers .
• Weld symbols are, by default, plotted using drawing pen ' 1 ' (which appears as white in the Drawing Editor ). Drawing pen ' 1 ' is, by default, set up to plot a line that is black and 0.25 mm wide. A line color and line thickness for plotting is applied to each of the seven Drawing Editor drawing pens in Line Weights . When an object such as a weld symbol is plotted, its pen number sets the object's plotted line thickness.
• See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

• Weld symbols character height (setup)
• Weld symbol exact point (placed during Weld Add )
• Weld Edit window (opened with Weld Add )
• Comment layer (on most drawings, you must add objects to this type of layer)
• Crane placement drawings (drawing type on which you can add objects to non-comment layers)
• Weld Combo (another way to add weld symbols)

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   Step-by-step instructions :

The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse, that User and Site Options > General > " Point location target " is set to ' Fancy ' ( ), and that you use mouse bindings similar to those shown in these illustrations.

Before using this tool:

To set the defaults for the to-be-added weld symbol(s) to be those of an existing weld symbol, double-click the existing weld symbol then press " OK " on the Weld Edit window. This also sets the preview of the weld symbol that is shown in step 2.

	1 . Invoke Weld Add .
	2 . When the target ( ) snaps to where you want the weld symbol, left-click ( Locate ). INCL is the Locate option used here.
	3 . On the Weld Edit window, enter the specifications that you want applied to the weld symbol. Press the " OK " button at the bottom of the window to generate the weld symbol.
	4 . Left-click ( Locate ) to add a similar weld symbol; middle-click ( Repeat ) to add a duplicate weld symbol; right-click ( Return ) when you are done.

Note 1: To invoke Weld Add :

Method 1 : Click the Weld Add icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Weld Symbols ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Objects > Weld Symbols > Add .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Weld Add can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

Method 6 : With Weld Symbol Mode mouse bindings active, middle-click ( Add ).

Note 2: Middle-click ( Repeat ) can also be used at the beginning of this operation (in step 2). The preview of the weld symbol shows you the last weld symbol that was added or edited in your current Drawing Editor session. It is the weld symbol that you will get if you middle-click ( Repeat ). See above to set the preview to match an existing weld symbol.

bindings , steps 2, 4

Note 3: Right-click ( Return ) in steps 2 or 4 ends the operation.

bindings , steps 2, 4

Note 4: Any weld symbols added using this procedure can be instantly removed (one at a time, in reverse-order of their addition) by using Undo .

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