Generating Annotations and Tolerances Automatically

This technique describes how to generate annotations and tolerances automatically.

Before you begin: Create or open a 3d shape.
  1. From the Compass, click 3D Tolerancing & Annotation.
  2. Create the mechanical interfaces on 3D shape specifying the positional mode, positioning geometry characteristics, mounting constraints, etc. See Creating a Mechanical Interface.

    You can also instantiate the mechanical interface template. See Instantiating Mechanical Interface Template and Instantiating Mechanical Interface Template Automatically.

  3. Create the functional surfaces specifying functions, positional constraints, required geometrical tolerance specifications, etc. See Creating a Basic Functional Surface.

    You can also instantiate the functional surface template. See Instantiating a Functional Surface Template and Instantiating a Functional Surface Template Automatically.

  4. Create mechanical junctions specifying their type and role using existing or create new mechanical interfaces. See Creating a Mechanical Junction.
  5. Click Generate Tolerances to automatically generate the tolerances and annotation. See Generating and Validating Tolerances.

    The credits consumed are based on saving the automatically generated annotations and tolerances. For more information about credits, see About Consumable Credits Query.

  6. Wherever required, create the annotations manually, and apply them several times on similar features. See Creating Annotations and Tolerances Manually.