An Overview on Weld management

The think3 application features the management of welds with a number of tools that enable you to draw the welds and the welding symbols according to various standards.

Welding standards

Many welding standard are supported, each defining the name and the set of welding symbols available. You are enabled to set your preferred standard by choosing it among the list available through the Weldings command.

Drawing welds

Specialized commands enable you to draw the section and bead views of the welds.
When you draw the welds, you only need to define the weld parameters once. In fact, whether you draw sectioned or bead representation of the weld first, when you need to draw the other view you are enabled to copy the attributes of the weld from the existing view with the Data from Welding command.
Since most of the times you will use a few of the possible types, rather than scrolling through the complete list of available welding types looking for the one you need, you are enabled to use the Weldings command to define a subset of the types available for the chosen standard. You can return to this command any time to modify the set of preferred types.

Welding symbols

The Welding Symbol command enables you to add a welding symbol to the drawing. If you have already drawn the weld, you are enabled to initialize the welding symbol with the data you already applied to the weld with the Data from Welding command.
The symbol offers a comprehensive set of options including, but not limited to, symmetrical welds, peripheral welding, field welding, up to three note fields and other notations.

The following table shows the welding symbols and their names in the different standards, if available.

Graphic	Welding type
Symbol	ISO (ISO 2553)	ANSI (ANSI/AWS A2.4)	JIS (JIS Z 3021)	GB (GBT 12212)	KS (KS B 0052)
	Edge flange weld	Edge flange weld	Double-flange weld	Edge flange weld	Edge flange weld
	Not standard	Corner flange weld	Corner flange weld	Not standard	Not standard
	Square butt weld	Square groove weld	Square groove weld	Square butt weld	Square butt weld
	Single-V butt weld	Single-V groove weld	Single-V groove weld	Single-V butt weld	Single-V butt weld
	Single-bevel butt weld	Single-bevel groove weld	Single-bevel groove weld	Single-bevel butt weld	Single-bevel butt weld
	Single-V butt with broad root face	Not standard	Not standard	Single-V butt with broad root face	Single-V butt with broad root face
	Single-bevel butt with broad root face	Not standard	Not standard	Single-bevel butt with broad root face	Single-bevel butt with broad root face
	Single-U butt weld	Single-U groove weld	Single-U groove weld	Single-U butt weld	Single-U butt weld
	Single-J butt weld	Single-J groove weld	Single-J groove weld	Single-J butt weld	Single-J butt weld
	Not standard	Flared V weld	Flared V weld	Flared V weld	Not standard
	Not standard	Flared bevel weld	Flared bevel weld	Flared bevel weld	Not standard
	Backing weld	Backing weld	Backing weld	Backing weld	Backing weld
	Fillet weld	Fillet weld	Fillet weld	Fillet weld	Fillet weld
	Plug weld	Plug weld	Plug weld	Plug weld	Plug weld
	Slot weld	Slot weld	Slot weld	Slot weld	Slot weld
	Spot weld	Spot weld	Spot weld	Spot weld	Spot weld
	Seam weld	Seam weld	Seam weld	Seam weld	Seam weld
	Steep-flanked V butt weld	Not standard	Not standard	Steep-flanked V butt weld	Steep-flanked V butt weld
	Steep-flanked bevel V butt weld	Not standard	Not standard	Steep-flanked bevel V butt weld	Steep-flanked bevel V butt weld
	Edge weld	Not standard	Not standard	Edge weld	Edge weld
	Surfacing	Surfacing	Surfacing	Surfacing	Surfacing
	Surface joint	Not standard	Not standard	Surface joint	Surface joint
	Scarf joint	Scarf joint	Scarf joint	Scarf joint	Scarf joint
	Fold joint	Not standard	Not standard	Fold joint	Fold joint
	Not standard	Flash weld	Flash weld	Not standard	Not standard
	Not standard	Not standard	Not standard	Flash weld	Not standard