Creation Options

The GD&T Annotation tab is located within the SA Toolkit. If it is not visible, select GD&T >Annotations>Build. This toolbar is the starting point for building annotations and setting up GD&T evaluations when not importing annotations with a CAD model. With a logical work flow starting from the top and working toward the bottom, the toolbar begins with the:

Creation Options

View

This sets the orientation of the text for the annotation to be added. Selecting Current View sets the annotations to the current screen orientation and allows them to rotate to always face the user. The view orientations available are drawn from the Preset Views list which can be accessed and edited by going to View > View Control > Preset Views. The view selected, as well as the text size, can be edited within the annotation properties once the annotation is created.

 

Feature Type

The Feature Type settings within the Creation Options section defines and limits the type of objects to which an annotation may be added. You can choose from CAD Faces, SA Objects or SA Objects (fit to Points). In all cases the GD&T annotations must be added to the nominal (design) features. If these nominal features do not exist in your job they must be created because they define the baseline for the evaluation. Only the SA Objects (fit to points) option allows you to select measurements.