Indication

All around

Select to indicate applying the size or direction parameters to extended features that are connected by a closed loop.

Position

Select the placement of the symbol with respect to the reference line.

Multiline

Create a multiple-tier tolerance symbol.

Tolerance

Select the type of tolerance symbol.

Composite

Create up to four lines of tolerance information (see below). Composite symbols span two or more lines of text in height.

Value

Click the Value box, the symbol pallet or widget opens. Type the tolerance value.

Datums

Type or select the Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary datums. To specify multiple datum references, click Primary, Secondary or Tertiary. The symbol pallet or widget opens. Type the datum reference characters.

Indicators

Select one of the available indicators, Intersection Plane, Direction Feature, Collection Plane and Orientation Plane.

Fix text

Click Fix Text. The Fix Text dialog box opens. You can add a prefix, postfix, subfix, and superfix to the symbol. Special characters can be added to fix text. You can also store text in tables for future use.

Form

Select the moulding symbol form. Subsequent parameters differ for each form.

Type a

Select a value for the type of parting surface, type of movable tool part, or type of tool marking depending on the version and form of the moulding symbol.

b

Enter a value to indicate the angle of the tool motion direction or the draft angle of a surface of a moulded part depending on the version and form of the moulding symbol.

a

Enter a value to indicate the angle of the part removal direction, the draft angle of a surface of a moulded part, the surface enlargement, the maximum-permissible dimensions of sink marks, or the porosity specification depending on the version and form of the moulding symbol.

Mismatch b

Enter a value to indicate the maximum-permissible surface mismatch.

Flash c

Enter a value to indicate the maximum-permissible flash dimensions.

Flip arrow

Select to flip the part removal direction.

Alignment

Select the alignment of the origin: at the left, center, or right of the symbol.

Direction b

Select a value to indicate the direction (elevated, or depressed, or both) of the maximum-permissible deflection caused by the tool marking.

Dimension c

Enter a value to indicate the dimension of the maximum-permissible deflection caused by the tool marking.

Flash d

Enter a value to indicate the maximum-permissible flash at a tool marking.

Count e

Enter the count of reference objects to which a tool marking symbol points.

Symbol

Select a value to indicate the extended region of a part.

Inclination

Select the inclination symbol for the draft angle.

Position

Select the placement of the symbol with respect to the reference line.

Enable or disable automation grouping of symbols with their reference elements when you create surface symbols or change their reference elements. The check box is selected by default if the symbol is snapped to a tolerance or dimension geometry (except extension lines); the check box is cleared by default if the symbol is snapped to an extension line.

If the symbol is snapped to dimension text that is not parallel to the dimension line, select either TOP or RIGHT to place the symbol. The default is TOP and left-aligned.

Select the surface symbol form.

Select the unit of proposal. This determines which sets of predefined parameters appear in some menus below.

Enter the upper roughness value.

Enter the lower roughness value (Surface (ISO 1302–1992)) or middle roughness value (Surface (ISO 25178–2016), Surface (ISO 1302–2002), Surface (ASME Y14.36–2018), and Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Enter the lower roughness value (Surface (ISO 25178–2016), Surface (ISO 1302–2002), Surface (ASME Y14.36–2018), and Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Select to add an additional two values for the surface finish or roughness in the Surface (ASME Y14.36–2018) version: Finish Val a4 and Finish Val a5.

Enter the manufacturing process code.

Enter the number of identical specifications (Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Select the groove direction.

Select the profile direction (Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Enter the profile direction angle (Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Select the surface lay and orientation value (Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Select the surface lay indicator symbol (Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Enter the surface lay indicator value (Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Select the profile direction indicator symbol (Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Enter the profile direction indicator value (Surface (ISO 21920–2021)).

Enter the covered length.

Enter another roughness measure.

Enter the machining allowance.

Select the surface symbol version: ISO (1302–1992), ISO (1302–2002), ISO (21920–2021), ASME Y14.36–2018, or ISO (25178–2016).

Depending on the default Standard setting, you can select any one or all the surface symbol versions. See Set default symbol parameters. If the default Standard setting is All, you can change any symbol to the other version. However,

Select the type of welding symbol.

Select the orientation of the symbol.

Toggle the menu to display the geometric variable fields g1 to g7. Select the required geometry elements from the cascade lists. The elements comply with the DIN 18800-1 standard.

Toggle the menu to display the text variable fields t1 to t7. Enter the required values in the data entry fields.

Style:

Select Standard, Datum Target, Generic, Movable Datum Target, or Surface.

Angle:

Specifies the angle between the text base line and the horizontal.

If you set the value of the angle to Auto, Creo Elements/Direct Annotation will use the angle of the selected element to set the angle of the symbol. The Get Angle button will change to Flip Symbol so you can position the symbol on the other side of the element.

Size:

Whether the size of the symbol is relative

Ratio:

The ratio of character width to height.

Slant:

The deviation from vertical of the characters in the text; values must be between -80 and +80 degrees (approximately ±1.39 rad or ±88.88 grad).

Text:

The color of the text in the symbol.

Geometry:

The color of the geometry in the symbol.

Hatch:

The color of the symbol hatching.

All:

The color of the entire symbol, including the text and geometry.

Symbol location is TOP

Symbol location is RIGHT

Symbol is snapped to geometry

Symbol is snapped to geometric tolerance

Symbol is snapped to dimension text

Symbol is snapped to dimension line