Creating Annotations and Tolerances Manually

You can create annotation and tolerances.

Before you begin: Create or open a 3d shape.
  1. From the Compass, click 3D Tolerancing & Annotation .
  2. Create the required views (front, left, right, bottom, and top). See Creating Principal Views.
  3. Create a front view, section view, section cut view or an axonometric view using View from Reference. See View/Annotation Plane Creation.
  4. Create applicable tolerances based on the selected geometries and datum systems using Tolerancing Advisor according to the standard used. See Tolerancing Advisor.
  5. Specify the datums, datum targets, and geometrical tolerances. See Datums and Datum Targets.
  6. Add flag notes, texts, flag notes with leaders, and text with leaders. See Texts and Flag Notes.

    You can make the added text parallel to the screen. See Creating a Text Parallel to Screen.

  7. Create a restricted area for annotation and dimensions. See Creating a Restricted Area.
  8. Create the constructed geometries and thread representations. See Constructed Geometry for Annotations.

    You can manage the associativity of constructed geometries manually. See Managing Constructed Geometry.

  9. Specify the annotataions as principal and complementary for controling the manufacturing requirement generation in a more specific way. See Creating Complementary and Principal Annotations.
  10. Group the annotations on the same geometrical elements automatically. See Grouping Annotations.

    You can also position the annotation automatically for better understanding and aesthetics. See Positioning the Annotations Automatically.

  11. Specify the surface texture values for features and welding symbols wherever necessary. See Creating Surface Texture Symbols and Creating a Weld Feature.
  12. Create the dimensions, for example, length dimension, angle dimensions, etc. in the activated view.

    You can also create framed dimensions, coordinate dimensions, cumulative dimensions, stacked dimensions, curvilinear dimensions, and generative dimensions. See Dimensions.

  13. Generate a layout of the 3D feature with all the annotations provided you have a license for 2D Layout for 3D Design. See Creating a Layout from 3D Tolerancing & Annotation.
  14. Create captures. See Capture.