Displaying 3D Tolerancing & Annotation Content

You can view the tolerances, annotations, views, and captures created in 3D Tolerancing & Annotation and xDefine.

This task shows you how to:

Display the 3D Tolerancing & Annotation Content from a Panel

You can check 3D annotations from the 3D Annotations panel available on the left-hand side of the work area.

  1. Open an object with 3D Tolerancing & Annotation or xDefine content.
    • The 3D Annotations panel with views and captures is displayed on the left-hand side of the work area.
    • The annotations of the root level appear automatically.
  2. Optional: Click the thumbnail of the view or capture to display the view with 3D Tolerancing & Annotation content in it.

    A blue bar appears on the left-hand side of the thumbnail, to indicate the last displayed view or capture.

    Note: When the widget width is smaller than 550 pixels, the panel is automatically hidden after displaying a capture or a view.

    If several annotation sets are displayed at the same time, a type icon is added in the corresponding collapsible section.

    • Product for annotation sets contained in a CATProduct and ARM annotation sets contained in CATParts.
    • Product reference for annotation sets contained in 3DShape instantiated under a product reference or a 3DPart.
    • Part for regular annotation sets contained in CATParts.
    • 3D shape for annotation sets contained in a 3D shape loaded as a root.
    • For captures that are not associated with a camera or a reframe area, the viewpoint is reframed on the filtered annotations and on the filtered geometry while displaying these captures. For large structures, some of the parts might not be visible.
      Note: This functionality is not available captures created on older versions.
    Notes:
    • The display of the annotations in views and captures is based on their creation level:
      Annotations Creation Level Is a tessellated representation of the text generated? Remarks
      Version 5 V5-6 Release 2015, 3DEXPERIENCE R2017x, and later Yes These tessellated representations are reused while displaying the annotations, on all devices.
      Versions earlier than Version 5 V5-6 Release 2015 and 3DEXPERIENCE R2017x No If the fonts used for the original annotations are not available on the device used to display them, annotations might be displayed differently from the original ones.
    • The uncut elements (excluding geometrical bodies) are displayed when displaying single-plane section captures except the aligned and offset section views.
    • When displaying captures associated to 2D clipping profile, the 2D-clip profile is displayed in the 3D area.

      When a section is displayed (with or without uncut information) or any view with a 2D clipping profile is displayed, the button with a section view name appears at the upper right of the widget. When you click this button, it removes both the sectioning and the 2D clipping profile representation, if any.

  3. Click next to the annotation set name to display the semantic standard information of the annotations within that annotation set.

    The icon appears only if an annotation set has semantic standard information.

    The Semantic Standards panel appears displaying the name of the annotation set and the details of the standard used (code, year, and its title).
  4. Optional: Manage the display of information of semantic standards displayed in the Semantic Standards panel.
    1. Group the semantic standard information according to the name, standard, or the code.
    2. Right-click on any of the row, except column headers, to expand or collapse all the information within annotation sets.
    3. Right-click the required column and select Autofit Column Width to automatically adjust the column width.
    4. Click Show All to display the information for all the annotation sets loaded. Once clicked, the Show All button disappears from the panel.

      Note: The Show All button is not displayed when there is only one annotation set containing the semantic information to display.

  5. Optional: Change the viewpoint.

    Note: Changing the viewpoint in this mode does not modify the viewpoint of the view or capture.

  6. Optional: Select the 3d geometry and, on the context toolbar, select Show\Hide Annotation Set to manage the visibility of the annotation set.

    You can also select the annotation and, on the context toolbar, select Show or Hide to manage the visibility of selected annotation.

Display the 3D Tolerancing & Annotation Content in a Presentation Mode

You can browse the 3D Tolerancing & Annotation content in views and captures in a presentation mode.

  1. Open an object with views and captures.
    • The 3D Annotations panel with views and captures appears on the left-hand side of the work area.
    • A blue bar appears on the left-hand side of the thumbnail to indicate the currently displayed view or capture.
  2. From the Standard Area of the action bar, click Presentation Mode .
  3. To display the next view, click > button on the right-hand side of the work area.

    You can also use the right or down arrow keys, or right-click in the work area and select Display Next Item .

  4. to display the previous view, click < button on the left-hand side of the work area.

    You can also use the left or up arrow keys, or right-click in the work area and select Display Previous Item .

  5. To exit the presentation mode, press Esc or click on the upper-right corner of the work area.

    You can also right-click in the work area and select Exit .