3D Tolerancing & Annotation

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3D Tolerancing & Annotation Access to Content

User Interface

Action Bar

Functional Tolerancing Section

Annotation Section

Primary Area

Secondary Area

View Layout Section

Primary Area

Secondary Area

View Section

Template Section

Object Properties Panel

Feature Properties

3D Annotation Properties

Dimension Line Properties

Dimension Texts Properties

Display Properties

Extension Line Properties

Font Properties

Generation Properties

Manufacturing Properties

Numerical Properties

Numerical Format Properties

Reported Properties

Standard Properties

Text Properties

Tolerance Properties

Tolerancing and Annotations Properties

Value Properties

View Properties

Visualization Properties

Predefined Queries

Offline Mode

Customizing Preferences

Procedure for 3D Tolerancing & Annotation

Generating Annotations and Tolerances Automatically

Creating Annotations and Tolerances Manually

Managing Annotations and Tolerances

Annotations in Representation and Assembly Context

Annotations Concepts in Representation and Assembly Context

About Annotations in Representation

About Creating Annotations in Assembly Context

Creating Annotations in Assembly Context

Generating a Presentation

Visualizing 3D Tolerancing & Annotation Features

Annotation Sets

About Annotation Sets

Defining a Default Annotation Set Standard

Modifying the Annotation Set Standard and Display ISO Specifications

Importing an Annotation Set

Upgrading the Annotation Set

Using PowerCopy with an Annotation Set

Working with Mechanical Interfaces

Creating a Mechanical Interface

Instantiating Mechanical Interface Template

Instantiating Mechanical Interface Template Automatically

Querying a Mechanical Interface

Mechanical Interface Assistant

About the Mechanical Interface Assistant

Analyzing Mechanical Interfaces in an Assembly Context

Working with Functional Surfaces

Creating a Basic Functional Surface

Instantiating a Functional Surface Template

Instantiating a Functional Surface Template Automatically

Working with Tolerancing Generation

About Mechanical Junctions

Creating a Mechanical Junction

About Consumable Credits Query

Generating and Validating Tolerances

View/Annotation Planes

About View/Annotation Planes

Creating Principal Views

View/Annotation Plane Creation

Creating a Front View

Creating a Section View/Annotation Plane

Creating a Section Cut View/Annotation Plane

Creating an Axonometric View

Creating an Aligned Section View/Section Cut

Creating an Offset Section View/Section Cut

Managing View/Annotation Plane Associativity

Browsing, Organizing, and Editing Views and Captures: View Browser

Clipping Annotations Plane

About Clipping View or Annotation Planes

Clipping Annotation Planes

Displaying a View/Annotation Plane or a Capture

Managing View Texts

Capturing the Display Area

About Use-Edges

Creating an Annotation Sketch

Generating Layouts and Drawings

Creating a Layout from 3D Tolerancing & Annotation

Generating Layouts and Drawings using the Batch Monitor

Using the Batch Utility from the Top Bar

Dimensions

Dimensions Concepts

About Creating Dimensions

About Manipulating Dimensions

About Framed/Basic Dimensions

About Interrupting Extension Lines

About Dimensions from Part Design Features

Creating Length Dimensions

Creating Angle Dimensions

Framed/Basic Dimensions

Creating Framed (Basic) Dimensions

Creating Framed (Basic) Dimensions Automatically

Coordinate Dimensions

Creating Coordinate Dimensions

Modifying Coordinate Dimensions

Generating Dimensions from a Part Design Hole

Generating Dimensions from a Part Design chamfer

Creating Cumulated Dimensions

Creating Stacked Dimensions

Creating Curvilinear Dimensions

Setting Dimension Representations

Positioning Dimension Anchor Points on Geometries of Revolution

Interrupting Extension Lines

Annotations

About Annotations

About Leaders

About Adding Attribute Links

Texts

About Text Annotations

Creating a Text with Leader

Creating a Text

Creating a Text Parallel to Screen

Working with Frames or Sub-frames

About Frames or Sub-frames

Frames Anchors Table

Adding Frames or Sub-frames

Changing Frame Sizes for Fixed Frames

Flag Notes

About Flag Note Annotations

Creating a Flag Note with Leader

Creating a Flag Note

Datums and Datum Targets

About Datum and Datum Target Elements

Creating Datums

Creating Datum Targets

Creating a Datum Reference Frame

Creating Semantic Datum and Datum Targets

Creating Datum on Non-Canonical Surfaces

Note Object Attributes

About Note Object Attributes

Creating Note Object Attribute From a Text

Creating Note Object Attribute From a Detail/Ditto

Storing Note Object Attribute

Instantiating Note Object Attribute

Creating Complementary and Principal Annotations

About Surface Texture

Creating Surface Texture Symbols

Annotating the Edges of Undefined Shapes

Creating a Weld Feature

Adding an Attribute Link

Adding Global Attributes

Adding Hyperlinks

Creating Geometrical Tolerances

Creating Isolated Annotations

Managing Annotation Leaders

Adding Leaders and Using Breakpoints

Editing the Shape of an End Handle

Moving the End Handle of a Leader

Adding the All Around Symbol

Adding an Interruption

Setting Perpendicular a Leader

Finding and Replacing Text

Geometry and Annotations

About Annotations and Geometry

Connections Management for Annotations

Using the Unique Scope Range

Using the Local Scope Range

Using the Global Scope Range

Connecting Geometry in User Surface Annotation

Managing Geometry in User Surface Annotation

Managing User Surface in Group of Surfaces

Selecting Multiple Surface using Trap

Managing Invalid Annotations

Re-specifying Geometry Canonicity

Constructed Geometry for Annotations

About Constructed Geometry

Creating Constructed Geometry

Managing Constructed Geometry

Creating Thread Representation

Creating Extended Cylinder Construction Geometry

About Annotating Sheet Metal Design Components

Creating a Restricted Area

Using Paste Special for Annotations

Tolerancing Advisor

About Tolerancing Advisor

Introducing the Tolerancing Advisor

Dimensioning and Tolerancing Threads

Creating Semantic Dimensions

Creating Semantic Geometrical Tolerance

Tolerancing Schema

About the Tolerancing Schema

Working with a Tolerancing Schema

Tolerancing User Features

Tolerancing Body in White

Creating a Datum and Datum Targets

Creating Dimensions and Associated Datums

Creating a Datum Reference Frame

Tolerancing Body in White Holes

Tolerancing Body in White Surface

3D Tolerancing & Annotation Display

Annotation Display

About Filtering Annotations

Mirroring Annotations

Showing/Hiding Annotations

Filtering Annotations

Displaying Annotation in the Normal View

Marking Non-Semantic Annotations

Setting Annotation Parallel to the Screen

Analyzing Dimensions and Annotations Through Colors Display

Applying Blanking on Annotations and Dimensions

Dimension Display

Aligning Dimensions into System

Lining Up Dimensions

Capture

About Captures

Creating a Capture

Displaying a Capture

Changing Capture Support

Editing a Capture

Using the Capture Management

Managing Hide/Show in Captures

Tree

Reordering Features in the Tree

Sorting Features in the Tree Alphabetically

Browsing Attributes: Attribute Browser

Annotations Management

Selecting Annotation/Annotation Plane

Moving Annotations

Transferring Existing Annotations

Transferring Annotations During Creation

Grouping Annotations

Grouping Annotations During Creation

Grouping Annotations Automatically

Grouping Annotations Manually

Positioning the Annotations Automatically

Making the Position of a Text Associative

Making the Orientation of a Text Associative

Replacing a Datum Reference Frame

Using a 3D Grid

Graphical Properties

Setting Basic Graphical Properties

Setting Advanced Graphical Properties

Copying Graphical Properties

Annotations Report

Customizing the Reporting

Generating a Check Report

Specifying Failure Modes

Annotation Associativity

About Annotation Associativity: 3D Annotation Query

Applying Annotation to Several Geometrical Elements

Querying 3D Annotations

Favorite Context

About Favorite Context

About Generating Drawings from a 2D Layout with Favorite Context

Creating a Favorite Context

Opening with Favorite Context

3D Tolerancing & Annotation in 3D XML

About Export in 3D XML

Exporting Features in 3D XML

Importing and Exporting STEP Files

Creating Manufacturing Requirements

Reference Information

3D Tolerancing & Annotation File-based Design Import

3D Tolerancing & Annotation Database Design Import

Export of 3D Tolerancing & Annotation Features

Standards

Normative References

Dimension Tolerance Display

Dimension Numerical Display

Extension to Standards

Geometrical Tolerancing

Definition

Principles and Fundamental Rules

Concepts

3D Annotations and View/Annotation Planes

Non-Semantic and Semantic Usage

Copy Cut Paste and 3D Annotation

Respecification of Geometries in Semantic Annotation

Symbols

Symbols for Geometrical Tolerances

Symbols for Modifiers

About Welding Symbols

Text Properties: Text Graphical Properties

Using 3D Tolerancing & Annotation with Design Range Management

Quality Rules Management

Knowledge Packages

Functional Tolerancing & Annotations Types

Functional Tolerancing & Annotations Methods

Functional Tolerancing & Annotations Automation Functions

Standard Types

Administration

Administration Concepts

About Data Setup for 3D Tolerancing & Annotation

About the Location of Standard or Generative View Styles Files

About Standards

About Upgrading Standard Files from Previous Releases

Working with Standards and Generative View Styles

Upgrading Standard and Generative View Style Files from Previous Releases

Setting Standard Parameters

Standard Parameters Concepts

About Line Thicknesses Definition

About Pattern Definition

About Layout Views Customization

About Engineering Symbols

Defining Standard Parameters

General Parameters

Dress-Up Parameters

Dimension Parameters

Dimension Tolerance Formats

Dimension Value Formats

Pre-defined Formats for Tolerance and Dimension Values

Annotation Parameters

Frame Definition

Views

View Name Definition

View Text Definition

View Generation Definition

Line Thicknesses Definition

Pre-defined Styles Definition

Pattern Definition

Line Type Definition

Sheet Format Definition

Layout Views Customization

Creating an Engineering Symbol

Setting Styles

About Styles

Customizing Styles

Annotation Styles

Dimension Styles

Geometry Styles

View Callout Styles