Importing an Annotation Set

You can import an annotation set from an existing 3D part to an another 3D part pasting them as a result with links. You can reuse an existing annotation set or sub-elements of an annotation set.

There is only a single annotation set below a 3D part representation. You can import an annotation set either into a 3D part representation or a 3D part representation generated from a part symmetry. The import operation varies depending on whether an annotation set exists or not in the target 3D part. The table below describes the import effect in various situations:

Target 3D part Import effect
A 3D part representation with an annotation set below. The annotation set is merged with the existing annotation set; the sub-elements of the annotation set are copied and/or they overwrite the previously existing sub-elements.*
A 3D part created from a part symmetry with an annotation set below. The annotation set is merged with the existing annotation set; the sub-elements of the annotation set are copied and/or overwrite the previously existing sub-elements.*
A 3D part representation without an annotation set below. The annotation set is copied in the target 3D part; an annotation set node appears under the target 3D representation.*
A 3D part created from a part symmetry without an annotation set below. The annotation set is copied in the target 3D part; an annotation set node appears under the target 3D representation.*
*Any link copied during the import operation is broken. You must reconnect the copied links to the geometry manually after the import that belong to the annotation set to. For more information, see Connections Management for Annotations.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  • Open the target 3D part and activate the 3D shape representation in which you want to reuse an annotation set.
  • Open the reference or source 3D part whose annotation set is to be reused.

Import an Annotation Set Using Geometrical Reroute

You can import an annotation set from an existing 3D part to an another 3D part using geometrical reroute.

  1. Activate the 3D shape representation in which you want to import the annotation set.
  2. From the Annotation section of the action bar, click Import Annotation Set .

    The Import Annotation Set dialog box appears.

    Note:

    The Symmetry plane box allows you to select the symmetry plane for a 3D part resulting from a part symmetry.

    Right-click this box and select Clear Selection to clear the selection.

  3. Select the annotation set in the 3D part containing the annotation set as reference.
    The name of the selected annotation set is displayed in the Import Annotation Set dialog box.
  4. Select the As Result With Link check box to import the annotations with their links maintained with the reference.
    The non-editable annotations are applied on the selected feature with the links to original annotations. In the tree, the annotation nodes appear with the masks on them.
    Notes:
    • The mask appears when the source feature and target feature are in the same document.
    • When the source FTA feature and target result feature are in same document and you modify the source feature, the result features is synchronized automatically.
    • When the source FTA feature and target result feature are in different documents and you modify the source feature, the synchronization status (synchronized or unsynchronized ) of the result features is also indicated using the masks.
    • The copy-paste as result with link is not supported for FTA proxy annotations (assembly presentation annotations or non-editable result annotations).
    • When the original source FTA features are modified, the corresponding changes are propagated to the result features.
    • When source FTA feature is deleted, the linked FTA result annotations are converted to authoring annotations.
    • When you import or export the FTA product, in the generated data, the result with link annotations lose the link with their source annotations and they are converted into authoring annotations.
    • The style and the position or orientation of a FTA result feature can be edited.
    • The source and target drafting standards must have identical names and the target drafting standard level must be equivalent to or higher than that of the source. Otherwise, the drafting standard of the target annotation set is upgraded to the level of the source annotation set.

      This is possible only if the drafting standard level of the source annotation set is of equivalent or higher than that of the target. If it is of a lower level, the duplication fails.

  5. Click OK.

    Tip: Clicking while the following cursor is displayed is equivalent to OK.

    The annotation set is copied or merged in the target 3D part representation.

    Important: All duplication rules in the source annotation set are duplicated but not necessarily displayed. For more information, see Duplication Rules when Importing an Annotation Set.

Import an Annotation Set Using Logical Reroute

You can import an annotation set using logical reroute.

Before you begin:
  • Open the source 3D shape representation from which you want to import the annotation set.
  • To make the Template section available, clear the Disable template creation check box under Annotation set, available in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > 3D Tolerancing & Annotation > Administration section.
  1. Activate the 3D part representation from which you want to import the annotation set.
  2. From the Template section of the action bar, click Geometrical Tolerancing and Annotation Template Creation/Upgrade .
    The geometrical tolerancing and annotation template is created.
  3. Open the target 3D part representation.
  4. Copy the geometry from the source 3D part to the target 3D shape representation.
  5. Modify the position and parameters of the geometry.
    You can also perform Boolean operations such as add and subtract on the geometry.
  6. From the Annotation section, click Import Annotation Set .
    The Import Annotation Set dialog box appears.
  7. Select the Logical Reroute On option.
  8. In the Import From box, select the annotation set to be imported from the source 3D part.
  9. Select the geometrical sets and bodies to which reroute of the annotation set is to be applied.
    By default, the reroute is applied to all bodies and geometrical sets present in the target 3D part.
  10. Select the Import Once check box.
    The annotation set is imported once.
    Note: If you clear the Import Once check box, the annotation set is imported several times; once for each selected body and annotation set.
  11. Select the As Result With Link check box to import the annotations with their links maintained with the reference.
    The non-editable annotations are applied on the selected feature with the links to original annotations. In the tree, the annotation nodes appear with masks on them.
    Notes:
    • The mask appears when the source feature and target feature are in the same document.
    • When the source FTA feature and target result feature are in same document and you modify the source feature, the result features is synchronized automatically.
    • When the source FTA feature and target result feature are in different documents and you modify the source feature, the synchronization status (synchronized or unsynchronized ) of the result features is also indicated using the masks.
    • The copy-paste as result with link is not supported for FTA proxy annotations (assembly presentation annotations or non-editable result annotations).
    • When the original source FTA features are modified, the corresponding changes are propagated to the result features.
    • When source FTA feature is deleted, the linked FTA result annotations are converted to authoring annotations.
    • When you import or export the FTA product, in the generated data, the result with link annotations lose the link with their source annotations and they are converted into authoring annotations.
    • The style and the position or orientation of a FTA result feature can be edited.
    • The source and target drafting standards must have identical names and the target drafting standard level must be equivalent to or higher than that of the source. Otherwise, the drafting standard of the target annotation set is upgraded to the level of the source annotation set.

      This is possible only if the drafting standard level of the source annotation set is of equivalent or higher than that of the target. If it is of a lower level, the duplication fails.

  12. Click OK.
    The annotation set is imported to the target 3D part representation.

    Note: The annotation set can be imported to the pasted 3DSR using the logical reroute in below cases:
    • When it is pasted as specified in part documentation
    • When it is pasted as result: Any option under Color Inheritance Management and the option between following check boxes under Color on Import Management must be selected for the pasted 3DSR:
      • All Colors: each color visible in 3D is reported on its corresponding face
      • Manage the color transfer option and the Color of feature check box

    For more information, see.

    If the target 3D part already contains an annotation set, the annotations are merged in the following way:

    Case Result
    The surface pointed by the target 3D part datum feature is not pointed by the source 3D part datum feature. The label of the source 3D part datum feature is not used by the target 3D part datum feature. The label of the copied datum feature is not modified.
    The label of the source 3D part datum feature is used by the target 3D part datum feature. The label of the copied datum feature is modified.
    The surface pointed by the target 3D part datum feature is already pointed by the source 3D part datum feature. If the datum feature in the target 3D part is used by a DRF (Datum Reference Frame). Existing datum feature is not modified.
    If the datum feature in the target 3D part is not used by a DRF, but the copied datum feature is used by DRF in source 3D part. Existing datum feature is replaced by the copied datum feature.
    If the datum feature in the target 3D part is not used by a DRF and the copied datum feature is also not used by the DRF in the source 3D part. Existing datum feature is not modified.