About Display of Driving Dimension Annotation Elements
Creo Parametric displays Driving Dimension Annotation Elements (DDAEs) whenever the driving dimensions are displayed. For example, when you edit a feature, create relations, or define family tables. Note that Creo Parametric displays DDAEs in the following cases too:
• DDAEs are located on hidden layers.
• DDAEs are manually hidden using > .
• DDAEs are located in a clipped zone.
If you hide all annotations using 
, then Creo Parametric does not display DDAEs.
, then Creo Parametric does not display DDAEs. | Creo Parametric displays inactive DDAEs in the Edit mode in the same state as before the conversion of the dimensions to DDAEs. |
Naming Convention for Driving Dimension Annotation Elements
The format for the name of a DDAE is DRV_DIM_DX, where DX is the driving dimension identification number, for example, DRV_DIM_D4.
The format for independent copies and fully dependent copies of DDAEs is DRV_DIM_DY, where DY is the new identification number for the independent copy.
All DDAEs have a unique name. If you change the name of a DDAE such that Creo Parametric cannot use the default naming convention to create a unique name, then Creo Parametric increments the default name to make the Annotation Element name unique. For example, DRV_DIM_DX_#, where X is the identification of the dimension and # is an increment that Creo Parametric uses to make the name unique.