What are Infos?
The major components of a drawing are drawing elements such as lines, circles, arcs, and so on. Each element is stored in memory together with information to describe it. These pieces of information attached to each element are known as attributes.
Examples of attributes are an element's linetype and color. In addition to these, Creo Elements/Direct Drafting allows you to enter your own attributes, called Infos.
An info is simply a piece of text attached to an element. The info is not visible on the screen, but is attached to the element in memory. The use of infos is a matter of personal or company preference. They can be used to:
• Store information concerning a design update. The revised elements could all have the following infos added to them:
· Revision number:003
· Nature of revision: Dimensional changes to accommodate
· uprated bearings
• Store information concerning dates and names:
· Designer: Bill G
· Date: 03.03.93
· Job No: 147/2
In addition to whatever use you make of infos, Creo Elements/Direct Drafting uses them when you use the Layer buttons. Thus if you place an element in layer 1, Creo Elements/Direct Drafting will attach the info LAYER: 1 to it.