To Define Butt Weld Preferences—ISO
The preferences you define remain active for the current session.
1. Click > 
Welding. The Welding tab opens.
Welding. The Welding tab opens.2. Click 
Preferences. The Weld Preferences dialog box opens.
Preferences. The Weld Preferences dialog box opens.3. In the Weld preference for standard box, select ISO.
4. Select Butt on the list on left side of the dialog box.
5. Click the Shape tab, and set these preferences:
◦ Select an option from the Type list:
▪ Weld Size. Type or select a value in the weld size box.
▪ Root Penetration Type or select a value in the root penetration box.
◦ Type or select values in any of the following boxes:
▪ Preparation angle
▪ Preparation depth
▪ Root opening
For bevel butt and V butt welds, the weld symbol that is displayed in the graphics window can be open (steep flanked) or closed. This depends on the root opening value. If the root opening is zero, the weld symbol will be closed. If the root opening is more than zero, the weld symbol will be open.
Weld Type | Closed | Open |
|---|---|---|
Bevel butt |  |  |
V butt |  |  |
▪ Face offset
6. Click the Intermittent tab, select the Intermittent check box, and set these preferences:
◦ To set the method of determining the spacing between the intermittent weld segments, select a Pitch option:
▪ Automatic
▪ Type or select a value to set the intermittent weld segment length.
▪ To set the number of intermittent weld segments that are created, type or select a value for the Number of welds.
▪ To set the method for distributing the intermittent weld segments along the trajectory, next to Weld spacing, select an option:
▪ End with gap—Distribute the weld segments so every weld is followed by a gap. There is a weld at the start of the trajectory, and a space at the end. The gap length is automatically adjusted to fit.
▪ End with weld—Distribute the weld segments symmetrically from the middle of the trajectory, with a weld at the start of the trajectory, and a weld at the end. The gap length is automatically adjusted to fit.
▪ By value
▪ Type or select a value for distance between intermittent weld segments. For ISO, the pitch is measured from the end of one weld segment to the beginning of the next weld segment.
▪ Type or select a value for intermittent weld segment length.
7. Click the Options tab, and set these preferences:
◦ To set the area of the weld cross section, type or select a value in the Weld cross section box.
◦ Under Weld material, select a predefined weld material, or click Define and create a new material in the Weld Materials dialog box.
◦ Under Weld process, select a predefined weld process, or click Define and create a new process in the Weld Processes dialog box.
◦ To define the visibility of the all-around weld symbol, select an option from the 
All-around weld list:
All-around weld list:▪ No—Do not show the all-around weld symbol in the weld feature symbol, even when the feature detects a closed weld trajectory.
▪ Yes—Show the all-around weld symbol in the weld feature symbol, even when the feature detects an open weld trajectory.
▪ Automatic—Show the all-around weld symbol in the weld feature symbol only when the feature detects that all the weld trajectories are closed.
◦ To define the weld as a field weld, select the 
Field weld check box.
Field weld check box.◦ To set the weld finish to ISO standard, select the 
Finish check box.
Finish check box.◦ To define the weld contour, select an option from the Contour list: None, 
Flat, 
Convex, 
Concave, or 
Smooth Blend.
Flat, Convex, Concave, or Smooth Blend.◦ Select an option from the Back type list:
▪ None
▪ Backing
▪ Select an option from the Backing list. Select 
Removable strip to use a removable backing strip, or select 
Permanent strip to use a permanent backing strip.
Removable strip to use a removable backing strip, or select Permanent strip to use a permanent backing strip.▪ Back Weld
▪ Back Size—Select the check box, and then type a value for the size of the back weld.
▪ Select the Back finish check box to set the back weld finish to ISO standards.
▪ Select an option from the Back Contour list: Flat, Convex, Concave, or Smooth Blend.
Flat, Convex, Concave, or Smooth Blend.8. Click the Appearance tab, and set these preferences:
◦ Select a previously defined appearance from the Appearance list.
◦ To set the appearance of lightweight weld trajectories, type or select a value for the curve thickness in the Curve thickness box.
9. Click the Properties tab, and set additional preferences as needed.
10. Click OK.