Creating Series Annotations

You can create and attach series functional annotations to a given fastener in order to display series parameters.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Create a Creating a Fastener Setwhose Process Category (PTYP1) is set to Weld and Process Type (PTYP2) to Resistance (21) and a Creating a Spot fastener within this fastener set.
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About Functional Annotations
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Customize the Field Display

You can default parameters for each field.

They can be customized through the Fst_Standard file:



  • Customize the following parameters that are assigned to the series annotation:


    • F1 displays the fastener count value
    • F3 displays the "FSN-PTY" value
    • F5 displays the joined zone name and zone count

    If a given field is not customized (for instance F4), this field is automatically set to User Defined Value (defined by the value "USR") so that any value can be specified.

    In addition to the About Functional Annotations, fastener series parameters to display in a given field Fi have to be chosen among the list of possible parameters:


    • Fastener Count (FastenerCount)
    • FastenerSet Instance Name + Fastener Count (FSN-FastenerCount) where Fastener Count (FastenerCount) corresponds to the number of fasteners in the parent Fastener Set which has the same robustness value as the selected fastener.
    • FastenerSet Reference Name + Process Type (FSN-PTY)

Customize the Symbol Display

You can customize the display of the symbol.

  • For each Process Category and Process Type, define a standard parameter in order to customize the fastener symbol (B1 and B4 only): FTYP_FTASERIESSYMBOL_FTY_PCA_PTY, where FTY = Feature Type, PCA = Process Category and PTY = Process Type.



Create Series Annotations

You can create series annotations.

  1. Click Spot Series Annotations in the Fastener Annotations toolbar.

  2. Select the spot in the 3D area or in the specification tree.

    The annotation anchor point will be positioned according to the fastener's location, i.e. at the location point for a spot fastener.

    The Welding Symbol edition dialog box is displayed.



    B1 and B4 symbols are displayed according to the values set in the Fst_Standard file (Welding Symbol: 13). Other symbols can be manually defined.

    Tip: If the field F5 is assigned to User Value (defined by the value "USR"), you can click Import file to set it by importing a reference text file.

  3. Click OK to create the annotation.

    Important: If a parameter is modified (for instance, the number of fasteners or the fastener set reference name), you have to launch the Running the Fastening Rules Analysis command and activate the Series Parameters check rule in order to check and update the display of all BiW Series Annotations associated to the fastener, provided that the check rule SSA (for Series parameter of Series Annotation) is defined as an applicable rule in the Fst_Standard file: