About Note Parameters
In addition to text and special symbols, notes can include model dimensions, pattern instance parameters, symbols, drawing labels, and drawing parameters. The Detail option yes_no_parameter_display controls the display of yes/no parameters in drawing notes and tables.
When specifying parameter information in a note, keep in mind the following restrictions:
• When you include dimensions in notes, the system removes them from their originally-assigned views.
• You cannot add draft dimensions (associative—add # or nonassociative -dd#) to a note.
• A datum name in the note is read-only, so you cannot modify it; unlike dimensions, a datum name does not disappear from the model view if it is included in a note. The system encloses its name in a rectangle, as if it were a set datum.
• You cannot use drawing labels in drawing relations; you can only use them in drawing notes and tables.
• When the note appears, the system replaces dimensions and parameters by the corresponding numerical values. If you set the configuration file option switch_dims_for_notes to yes, dimensions appear as their symbolic values during note creation. If you set it to no, they remain as numerical values.
• Before referencing a model in a parametric note, make sure that you add this model to the drawing. Otherwise, the system does not evaluate the model parameter referenced in the note.
• You can include a gtol symbol in a note by entering it as a parameter; however, you cannot include global parameters (that is, parameters created in a layout) and draft dimensions in notes.