Welding Symbol Settings

Use the Welding Symbol screen of the Toolbox - Settings dialog box to configure general and text settings for welding symbols you insert into drawings.

You can configure other welding symbol characteristics using the Toolbox - Welding Symbols dialog box.

To display welding symbol settings, do one of the following:

  • Click Mechanical Toolbox > Settings. In the Toolbox - Settings dialog box, in the left pane, click Annotations, and in the right pane, expand Welding Symbol.
  • Click Mechanical Toolbox > Symbols > Welding Symbols or Welding Symbols (Mechanical Toolbox toolbar). In the Toolbox - Welding Symbols dialog box, click Settings.

General

Leader anchor Indicates the location the leader is anchored to on the weld symbol:

Closest

If you drag to the left, the symbol content is placed to the left of the anchor point. If you drag to the right, content is placed to the right.

Left

The symbol content is placed to the left of the anchor point.

Right

The symbol content is placed to the right of the anchor point.
Layer preferences Lets you modify the default layer, linecolor, linestyle, and lineweight settings for the welding symbol.

Text

Use this section to specify the appearance of text in the welding symbol.

Style Sets the text style used in the weld symbol.
Size Sets the size of the text and the size of the symbol.