To Convert Drawing Annotations to 3D Model Annotations
1. Open a drawing to convert its 2D annotations to 3D model annotations.
2. Click
Legacy Migration >
Annotation Converter or right-click the drawing and click
Annotation Converter. The
Create Annotation Elements dialog box opens.
3. Click By type in the Filter by area and select an annotation type from the adjacent selection box.
4. Click By layer in the Filter by area and in the adjacent selection box select the layer that contains the annotation selected for the conversion.
5. Click One by one in the Select annotations area to individually select annotations from one of the views in the drawing. This is the default setting. Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple annotations.
6. Click Add to select the annotations and add them to the selection box. Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple annotations.
7. Click Single view in the Select annotations area to select annotations from a specific view in the drawing. The annotations that you select from the drawing are automatically added to the selection box based on the options that you selected in the Filter by area.
8. Click All annotations to include all the annotations available in the drawing for conversion. When you select this option, all the annotations are automatically added to the selection box.
9. Click Options to define the structure for the display of the converted annotations.
10. Click Convert. The selected drawing annotations are automatically converted to 3D annotations. You can view the 3D annotation elements in the Model Tree as well as the layer tree. Individual layers are created for each view that contains annotation elements. The Annotation Converter Report dialog box displays a detailed report of the conversion.
11. Filter out items that you do not want to retain from the report displayed in the Annotation Converter Report dialog box as follows:
◦ Click the button adjacent to the table heading in each column and select items from the list in the resultant menu.
◦ Click Apply to remove the selected items from the report.
12. Click Save Report in the Annotation Converter Report dialog box to save the report to a .csv file.
13. Click Close in the Annotation Converter Report dialog box.