Contents

Annotations

Annotations

Annotation edit handles

Snap indicators for annotations

Edit an annotation

Change an annotation terminator

Insert a symbol into annotation text

Annotation types

Working with *legacy annotation saved settings

Callouts

Callout command

Formatting callout text and border

Manipulating callouts

Place a callout

Place a hole callout

Place a feature callout

Customize a feature callout

Define smart feature properties in the Dimension style

Callout command bar

Callout Properties dialog box

General tab (Callout Properties dialog box)

Text and Leader tab

Feature Callout tab

Border tab (Callout Properties dialog box)

Balloons

Balloons

Manipulating balloons

Place a balloon

Automatically add balloons to a part view

Stack balloons

Edit balloon text in a stack

Show document properties in balloons

Balloon command

Balloon command bar

Balloon Properties dialog box

General tab (Balloon Properties dialog box)

Centerlines, center marks, bolt hole circles

Centerlines, center marks, and bolt hole circles

Automatically create centerlines and center marks in a drawing view

Automatically remove centerlines and center marks from a drawing view

Place a center mark

Place a centerline midway between two lines

Place a centerline on a slot

Example: Dimension a curved slot

Automatic Centerlines command

Automatic Centerlines command bar

Centerline and Center Mark Options dialog box

Center Mark command

Center Mark command bar

Centerline command

Centerline command bar

Center Line and Center Mark Properties dialog box

Place a bolt hole circle

Bolt Hole Circle command

Bolt Hole Circle command bar

Bolt Hole Circle Properties dialog box

Connectors

Using connectors

Add connector annotations

Edit a connector

Connector command

Connector command bar

Connector style and properties

Connector Properties dialog box

Leaders

Working with leaders

Leader command

Add a leader

Insert a vertex in a leader

Delete a vertex from a leader

Leader command bar

Leader Properties dialog box

Edges

Edge Condition command

Place an edge condition symbol

Edge Condition command bar

Edge Condition Properties dialog box

General tab (Edge Condition Properties dialog box)

Technical requirements

Adding technical requirements

Add technical requirements to a drawing

Reference an annotation from a technical requirements list

Reference a technical requirement

Technical Requirements Properties dialog box

General tab (Technical Requirements Properties dialog box)

Location tab (Technical Requirements Properties dialog box)

Text Format tab (Technical Requirements Properties dialog box)

Title tab (Technical Requirements Properties dialog box)

Indents and Spacing tab

Text (2D)

Place a text box or text string

Create a text box that references another annotation

Edit associative text in a text box

Insert a font character into a text box

Text command

Text command bar

Stack dialog box

AutoStack dialog box

Text Box Properties dialog box

Info tab (Text Box Properties dialog box)

Paragraph tab

Border and Fill tab (Text Box Properties dialog box)

Indents and Spacing tab

Bullets and Numbering tab

Character Map command

Character Map dialog box

Engineering fonts

Text formatting

Format a text box

Format a fraction, superscript, or subscript

Format a bulleted or numbered list

Resize a text box

Apply a border to a text box

Delete text in a text box

Move a text box

Text alignment

Line Up Text command

Line Up Text command bar

Line up text

Text (3D)

Creating profiles with text

Using the Text Profile command

Place text as a profile

Edit a text profile

Text dialog box

Text Profile command bar

Text profile anchor points

Tolerances

Geometric tolerancing

Manipulating feature control frames

Place a feature control frame or datum frame

Feature Control Frame command

Define feature control frame content

Example: Add symbols to a feature control frame

Save a feature control frame

Activate a saved feature control frame

Feature Control Frame command bar

Feature Control Frame Properties dialog box

General tab (Feature Control Frame Properties dialog box)

Datum Frame command

Datum Frame command bar

Datum Frame Properties dialog box

General tab (Datum Frame Properties dialog box)

Datum Target command

Place a datum target

Datum Target command bar

Datum Target Properties dialog box

General tab (Datum Target Properties dialog box)

Surface textures

Surface Texture Symbol command

Place a surface texture symbol

Surface Texture Symbol command bar

Surface Texture Symbol Properties dialog box

General page (Surface Texture Properties dialog box)

Weld symbols

Weld Symbol command

Place a weld symbol

Example: Define a weld symbol

Weld Symbol command bar

Weld Symbol Properties dialog box

General tab (Weld Symbol Properties dialog box)

Arranging annotations

Arranging annotations using alignment shapes

Modifying alignment shapes to rearrange annotations

Annotation Alignment Shape command

Align annotations using the Annotation Alignment Shape command

Show/Hide Annotation Alignment Shape command

Manage annotations that are associated with an alignment shape

Annotation Alignment Shape command bar

Alignment Shape Properties dialog box

Alignment Shape Properties dialog box (General tab)

Alignment Shape Properties dialog box (Annotations tab)

Referencing properties, text, symbols, and values

Referencing properties

Using property text

Using reference text

Using exposed variables in property text

Create property text

Create reference text

Select Property Text dialog box

Select Symbols and Values dialog box

Select Reference Text dialog box

Format property text values

Format Values dialog box

Selecting a property text source

Basic reference and property text rules

Property text codes

Format codes to modify reference and property text output

Date and time format of property text

Property Text source list (Source: From Active Document)

Property text from drawing views

Property text from blocks

Property Text command

Update all property text

Update All Property Text command

Convert property text

Convert Property Text command

Convert all property text in a drawing or model

Convert All Property Text command

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