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You can now export additional surface references added to dimension annotations. You can do this for standalone annotations, annotation features and driving dimensions. When you include the annotations in the STEP AP242 export, all additional surface references are included in the export to STEP AP242.

When you import the STEP AP242 file in Creo+ or other applications, the defined dimensions references are included. When you evaluate the annotation, the included references are displayed.

Previously, only the defined references that were used to create a dimensional annotation were imported or exported, and all additional references were lost. This improvement is useful when you want to capture proper semantic product manufacturing information (PMI). You must define the additional references for note annotations to capture proper annotation definition and included them in the STEP AP242 file.

This enhancement improves the quality and performance of rendering in Creo+. It also maintains the design intent when you exchange the data containing note annotations with additional references between different applications.