What's New

This page describes recent changes in 3D Tolerancing & Annotation.

This page discusses:

R2022x FD01 (FP.2205)

Selection Propagation and Trap Selection

The Geometry Connection Management command is enhanced with the following capabilities:
  • While selecting multiple geometries or components, you can now multiselect elements using the selection propagation options from the tools palette.
  • You can now trap select multiple surfaces.

Benefits:
  • Using the selection propagation options, you can now quickly select multiple elements in a click.
  • Using the Free Hand Selection Trap option, you can drag over the required surfaces to select them.
For more information, see Managing User Surface in Group of Surfaces Managing Geometry in User Surface Annotation Selecting Multiple Surface using Trap

Adding Hyperlinks

You can now create hyperlinks for physical product references and documents.
Benefits: You can now give quick references to physical products and documents.
For more information, see Adding Hyperlinks

Positioning the Annotation

You can now position the annotation at the creation itself.
Benefits: You can now quickly position the annotation at the required location.
For more information, see Creating a Text with Leader Creating a Flag Note with Leader

Attribute Browser

The System 3D Architecture panel lists the pathway branch and pathway segment feature attributes.
Benefits: Using the Attribute Browser, you can filter and sort the pathway branch and pathway segment feature attributes.
For more information, see Browsing Attributes: Attribute Browser

Selecting Target Objects from Search

While using the Attribute Link command, you can now select an object from the search.
Benefits: Using the search, you can quickly access any data from the database for selection.
For more information, see Adding an Attribute Link

Creation of Thread Constructed Geometry

You can now create an FTA thread constructed geometry on the technological result of sheetmetal threaded hole features.

Benefits: Using the Construction Geometry Creation and Thread Representation Creation commands, you can create thread constructed geometry for sheetmetal.
For more information, see Creating Thread Representation

Managing the Orientation Mode of the Section Views

While creating an offset or aligned view, you can now manage the orientation mode of the offset or aligned section views.
The Orientation as unfolded option lets you change the orientation of the FTA section view. To specify this option, select the Orientation as unfolded check box from Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > 3D Tolerancing & Annotation > View/Annotation Plane.

Benefits: Using the Orientation as unfolded check box, you can now quickly change the orientation mode of the offset and aligned section views.
For more information, see Creating an Offset Section View/Section Cut Creating an Aligned Section View/Section Cut View from Profile

Managing the Position of Angle Dimensions

While transforming a geometry, you can now choose the position of the angle dimension to be maintained.
The angle can be maintained in the following ways:
  • Free orientation
  • Acute angle: 0-90 degrees
  • Obtuse angle: 90-180 degrees
  • Reflex angle: 180-360 degrees
Benefits: Using Keep angle range, the position of the angle dimension is maintained for better readability.
For more information, see Angle Dimensions

Managing the Orientation of the Annotation Leader

While creating an annotation with a leader, using the Leader extremity normal to reference option from the tools palette, you can now create a leader perpendicular to the reference geometry.

The Leader associativity to the geometry option lets you define the orientation of the leader. To specify this option, go to Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > 3D Tolerancing & Annotation > Annotation.

Benefits: While creating an annotation with a leader, press Ctrl to quickly change the orientation of a leader extremity with respect to the geometry.
For more information, see Positioning the Leaders Leader Associativity to the Geometry

R2022x GA

Browsing Attributes of the Technological Features

A new command, Attribute Browser , lets you browse the attributes for the technological features.
Benefits: Different types of attributes can now be seen are once place.
For more information, see Browsing Attributes: Attribute Browser

Using Libraries for Storing FTA Resources

The NOA and tolerancing schema can now be stored in the libraries. You can also instantiate NOA and tolerancing schema stored in the libraries.
Benefits: Support of libraries gives highly improved browse functionalities.
For more information, see Storing Note Object Attribute Create a Catalog of the Tolerancing Schema Instantiating Note Object Attribute Tolerancing User Features

Positioning the Leader Extremity on the Curved Geometry

If the annotation view is not parallel to the curved geometry, the leader is positioned perpendicular to the tangent of the curved geometry.
Benefits: In the case of curved geometries, the annotation leader is placed more precisely.
For more information, see Positioning the Leaders

Displaying Non-Semantic Annotations without Red Marking

The weld annotations, surface texture, and edge of undefined shape annotations can now be excluded from the red underline (nonsemantic features).
To do so, you can specify the preferences under Non-Semantic at Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > 3D Tolerancing & Annotation > Display.
Benefits: You can now quickly select all the faces or the edges of the required geometries selecting its single face or edge.

Propagating the Selection While Using Tolerancing Advisor

While using the Tolerancing Advisor command, you can now propagate the selection to all the faces or edges based on the selected geometry using the following new commands:
  • All same diameter parallel circle
  • All the elongated, rectangular or rectangular round pin/hole elements
  • All the in between edges with tangent continuity
Benefits: You can now quickly select all the faces or the edges of the required geometries selecting its single face or edge.
For more information, see Propagation of the Selection in the Tolerancing Advisor

Upgrading the Annotation Set

You can now upgrade the annotation set if the standard version of the annotation set is lower than the standards (ASME/ISO) supported on the current release.
Benefits: You can upgrade the annotation set standard version to be compatible with the created one.
For more information, see Upgrading the Annotation Set

Recognizing Non-Parametric Surfaces

The selected linear border edge of the nonparametric surface is now treated as a plane and the selected circular border edge of the nonparametric surface is now treated as a cylinder. Based on such selections, the Tolerancing Advisor proposes the commands.
Benefits: You can upgrade the annotation set standard version to be compatible with the created one.
For more information, see About Tolerancing Advisor

Removing the Dittos or Details of NOAs

You can now create the NOAs with no detail or ditto (isolated NOAs). You can also isolate the existing NOAs.
Benefits: You can easily remove the details of the required NOAs.
For more information, see Creating Note Object Attribute From a Detail/Ditto

Using Find and Replace for Annotations

You can now find the text string from the annotations and replace all the occurrences with the required text string. You can also search for the string in the selected annotations or all the annotations of the selected views.
Benefits: Replacing the text in the annotation is now possible.
For more information, see Finding and Replacing Text

Reframing a Capture

You can now specify the margin area percentage while reframing the capture display.
Benefits: Reframing the captures considering the margin area.
For more information, see Capture display

Displaying a Capture or a View

While displaying the captures or views, the hide or show statuses of the annotations that are not the part of the current capture are not impacted.
Benefits: The modifications in the data due to displaying the captures or views is avoided.
For more information, see Displaying a View/Annotation Plane or a Capture

Positioning the Annotation Leader

You can now position the annotation leader while creating the annotation.
Benefits: This enhancement helps to place the annotation body at the required position during annotation creation.
For more information, see Positioning the Leaders

Enhanced User Interface for Defining Engineering Connections

The user interface of the Engineering Connection Definition dialog box is now improved.
Benefits: You can now perform actions quickly with less number of clicks. The dialog box is now simple to interact and has immersive capability, and it is fully compliant with touch devices.
For more information, see Creating Annotations in Assembly Context

Edge of Undefined Shape

You can now select external geometries that are out of the current context, and also create annotations in the assembly context.
Benefits: Using the Edge of Undefined Shape command, you can now create an engineering connection for the edge of undefined shape symbols.