Detailing > Annotations > Creating geometric tolerance annotations

Creating geometric tolerance annotations

Use the Geometric Tolerance tools in the Annotation ribbon group in the Detailing tab to add a tolerance to your design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup slide. In SpaceClaim, geometric tolerances are not created automatically. You can enter anything in a geometric tolerance, so we recommend that you read the geometric tolerance tooltips carefully to create intelligent geometric tolerance annotations.

To create a geometric tolerance annotation

1   Click the Geometric Tolerance tool .

2   Click to place the geometric tolerance annotation on the appropriate annotation plane and display the Format tab.

3   Select the characteristic symbol from the Symbol drop-down in the Geometric Tolerance ribbon group.

4   Click in one of the Tolerance fields and enter any combination of text and modifying symbols from the Symbols ribbon group.

To create multi-row geometric tolerance annotations, select a characteristic symbol, then enter text and modifying symbols in the second row. To combine the two rows so that they have one characteristic symbol, check the Composite Frame option.

5   Press Esc to exit the annotation.

To display the text of an annotation and hide the plane

1   Create two layers, one for notes, and one for the annotation planes.

2   Place the note on one layer and the annotation plane on another layer.

3   Turn off the visibility of the layer that contains the annotation plane.

Geometric Tolerance Format tab