Creating a Surface Texture

You can create a standard surface texture including roughness value, direction of lay, production method, and so on.

Before you begin: Open a drawing representation.
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About Surface Texture
Making an Existing Annotation Associative
  1. From the Annotation section of the action bar, click Surface Texture .
  2. Select an attachment point of the surface texture.

    The surface texture position and orientation is associative to this point.



  3. In the Surface Texture dialog box, enter the required values in the various boxes.
  4. Select the required rugosity symbol and the all around symbol.

    Tip: You can click the red handle to invert the direction of the symbol at any time.
    You can manage the availability of the handle through Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > 2D Layout for 3D Design > Handles, under Annotation Handles

  5. Click OK.
    The surface texture is created.

  6. Optional: Drag the surface texture symbol to modify its position.

    Notes:
    • An extension line may be displayed between the surface texture and the element to which it is attached (providing this element is linear), depending on where you drag the surface texture.
    • The profile parameter list does not contain engineering symbols. These are simple text strings that assist in inserting the parameters quickly.

      These parameters always have DS ISO 1 font even if the font of surface texture is different. However, if the font of the surface texture feature is changed after inserting the parameters in it, the font of the parameters is also changed and they are visualized incorrectly.

      This parameter list is available only for specific boxes.