General Procedure
The functionality from the Annotation tab in Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Annotation comprises the following steps:
• Prepare the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting drawing environment for Annotation drawings.
• Load an MI file generated by Creo Elements/Direct Annotation in Creo Elements/Direct Drafting.
• View, annotate and edit this file as appropriate. For example, you can manipulate views and you can hide or delete elements. Also, you can modify and/or add geometry by means of regular Creo Elements/Direct Drafting commands.
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A warning message is displayed for any "structurally dangerous" operations that would impair association between 3D model or 2D drawing.
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• After making changes to the underlying 3D model in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, update the relevant views in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling and then review the resulting changes in 2D (Creo Elements/Direct Drafting).
• Edit the information in the 2D views as appropriate (for example, dimensioning elements coming from 3D, adding text, and so on).
• Check the part structure of the Annotation MI file by means of the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Part Browser.
• Save the 2D drawing for further use in Creo Elements/Direct Drafting or in Creo Elements/Direct Annotation.