Set visibility of weld bead features and symbols

Weld bead features and symbols are on by default when they are first created. They remain on until you change their visibility. When a weldment is placed in another assembly, its weld bead features and symbols are visible in the assembly.

You can control the visibility of weld bead features and symbols for an entire weldment, for the Welds feature group, and for individual weld bead features.

You can turn off both the symbol and the weld bead feature or just the symbol. Turning off weld bead feature visibility automatically turns off the associated weld symbol as well.

Weld bead feature and symbol visibility are reflected in design view representations.

To set visibility for the Welds feature group

You can change visibility for all assembly weld bead features or weld symbols in the Welds feature group using an option on the context menu.

  1. In the browser select the Welds feature group.
  2. Right-click and select the needed visibility option. Clear the check mark to turn off.
    • To change weld bead feature visibility, select Visibility.
    • To change symbol visibility, select Symbol Visibility.
  3. To turn on visibility, select the feature group in the browser, right-click, and select the needed option.

To set visibility for selected weld bead features

At the feature level, you can set visibility for symbols only. Weld bead feature visibility is not available.

  1. In the browser or the graphics window, select one or more weld bead features.
  2. Right-click and select Symbol Visibility. Clear the check mark to turn off.
  3. To turn on visibility , select one or more weld bead features in the browser, right-click and select Symbol Visibility.
Note: To select multiple weld bead features, hold down the Ctrl key and select.

To set visibility for an entire weldment or assembly with subweldments

The View tab sets visibility for the entire weldment.

  1. On the ribbon, click View tab Visibility panel Object Visibility.
  2. On the drop-down menu, clear the check mark to hide all weld bead features or weld symbols. Select the option to turn on visibility.

Browser symbols show the visibility state selected on the View tab.

Note: To reset visibility on or off in the browser or graphics window, first set the option on the View tab.
Parent topic: Weld bead feature types