Data Exchange > Interface > Working with Data Exchange Formats > Creo Elements/Direct > Importing Creo Elements/Direct Drawings > Importing Associative Drawings > About Importing Notes and Symbols of Creo Elements/Direct Drawings as Associative Data
About Importing Notes and Symbols of Creo Elements/Direct Drawings as Associative Data
Symbols and notes associated with 3D geometry are transferred to Creo Parametric when you import Creo Elements/Direct*.mi, *.bi, and *.bdl files with the Drawing associative with model option selected on the Import MI dialog box. Notes and symbol instances that are associated with references such as edges, points, lines, arcs, circles, ellipses, splines, and leader notes are imported as associative data.
You can import the following types of symbols:
Welding
Surface finish
GD & T
Composite symbols
The points of attachments of the associated notes and symbol instances are as follows:
On-item
Leader
Normal leader
Tangent leader