About Associating the Position of a 3D Annotation Shown in a Drawing
Associativity of position is maintained only for annotations that meet the following criteria:
• Annotations placed with reference to their model coordinates. This includes flat to screen annotation planes that use model units.
• Annotations attached to geometry.
• Annotations not placed within another annotation.
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 Flat to screen annotations created prior to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 and model notes placed flat to screen do not support associativity of position. |
If you maintain the associativity of the position and change the placement position of the annotation in the 3D model, shown annotations in all the associated drawings are updated to the new placement position.
You can associate the text placement position of an annotation with its 3D model in a drawing only if the text placement position is independent of the attachment point. For example, you can associate the text placement position of a leader type annotation with its 3D model because the leader type annotation is independent of the attachment point. However, you cannot associate the text placement position of a note placed on an entity with its 3D model because this type of annotation is not independent of its attachment point.
You can also disassociate the position references of an annotation with its 3D model in a drawing. The shown annotation in a drawing is automatically disassociated with its 3D model when you:
• Move the annotation in a drawing to a different location.
• Clean up the placement of drawing dimensions.
Remember the following points while modifying annotations:
• You can insert jogs on leaders of annotations such as notes, geometric tolerances, symbols, and surface finishes without changing the associativity of position. However, if you insert a jog on a dimension witness line, the associativity of position of the dimension witness line with the 3D model is automatically lost.
• You can insert a break on a dimension witness line without changing the associativity of position of the dimension witness line with the 3D model.
• Jogs, breaks, and skews in 3D dimensions are not associative and are not displayed in the drawing when the dimension is shown.
• If you skew a dimension, the dimension automatically loses its associativity of position with the 3D model.