To Create Spot Welds using Pitch
This procedure describes how to create a straight row of spot welds by selecting one datum point as the reference for the spot weld feature leader. More instances are automatically created when you define the direction of the row, the number of welds, and the spacing between the welds.
If you want to create a weld feature that contains multiple spot weld instances by selecting datum points, and features and sketches that contain datum points, to use their points as references to define the spot weld locations, see To Create Spot Welds using Multi Point.
1. Click > 
Welding. The Welding tab opens.
Welding. The Welding tab opens.2. Under Type, click 
Spot Weld. The Spot Weld tab opens.
Spot Weld. The Spot Weld tab opens.3. Under Spot By, select 
Pitch Welding.
Pitch Welding.4. In assemblies, to connect the Weld feature to a previously-created Joint Members feature:
a. Under Connection, click 
.
.b. Click the collector, and select the Joint Members feature to contain the Weld feature.
5. To define the pitch:
a. To define the location of the spot weld feature leader, under References, click the Point collector, and select one datum point as the reference.
b. To define the direction of the row of spot weld instances, click the Direction collector, and select a straight curve or edge, plane, planar surface, or axis.
If needed, click 
to flip the pitch direction 180 degrees.
to flip the pitch direction 180 degrees.c. To define the number of spot weld instances in the feature, under Pitch By, next to Number of welds, enter a value.
d. To define the distance between spot weld instances, next to Spacing, enter a value.
6. Under Dimensioning Scheme, click one of the following options:
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Diameter—Creates weld dimensions based on diameter. Type a value for diameter.
Diameter—Creates weld dimensions based on diameter. Type a value for diameter.◦ 
Strength—Creates weld dimensions based on spot strength. Type a value for strength.
Strength—Creates weld dimensions based on spot strength. Type a value for strength.◦ 
Area—Creates weld dimensions based on cross-sectional area. Type a value for area.
Area—Creates weld dimensions based on cross-sectional area. Type a value for area.7. Select the surface on which the weld is located, and then under Side Significance, select an option:
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—Defines the side as significant to the weld.
—Defines the side as significant to the weld.◦ 
—Defines the side as not significant to the weld.
—Defines the side as not significant to the weld.9. Click the Symbol tab, and define the properties of the weld symbol displayed in the graphics window.
10. To add a user-defined parameter, click the Properties tab, and then click Define. Enter a parameter in the Parameters dialog box that opens.
11. Click 
OK.
OK.12. If some spot weld instances fail to be created, you can check for unsuccessful placement or broken references, and try to fix them.
a. In the 
Weld and Joint Tree, right-click the Spot Weld feature to edit and select 
Edit Definition. The Spot Weld tab opens
Weld and Joint Tree, right-click the Spot Weld feature to edit and select Edit Definition. The Spot Weld tab opensb. Click the Placement tab.
c. To change the reference for the spot weld feature leader, click the Point Reference collector, right-click and select Remove, and select a different point.
d. The reference surface for the spot weld feature leader is shown in the Surface collector.
To select a different surface, click the Surface collector, right-click and select Remove, and select a different surface.
e. The spot weld instances that are automatically created based on the spot weld feature leader are shown in the Spots table.