Managing Geometry in User Surface Annotation

You can add and/or remove geometry to the user surface of an annotation.

Before you begin: Open an existing 3D shape.
Related Topics
3D Annotations and View/Annotation Planes

  1. Right-click the annotation as shown below on the 3D shape and select the Associated Geometry > Geometry Connection Management from the contextual menu.

    The Connection Management dialog box appears.



  2. Check that Unique is selected in Scope Range.

  3. Right-click User Surface.20 in the Graph of Geometrical Links as shown below and select the Add Geometry from the contextual menu.



    Important:

    It will add a new geometric component to the user surface User Surface.20 feature and prompt you to select the new geometrical element to be linked to the annotations.

  4. Select the surface as shown below on the part.

  5. Click Check Validity to check the new geometry component validity relative to the selected annotation.

  6. Click OK in the Connection Management dialog box.

    The two geometric components are now link to the annotation.



  7. Right-click the annotation again and select the Geometry Connection Management contextual menu.

  8. Right-click Geometric Component.13 in the Graph of Geometrical Links as shown below and select the Delete contextual menu.

  9. Click Check Validity.

    The Connection Management dialog box displays the updated structure.

  10. Click OK in the Connection Management dialog box.

    Only one geometric component is now linked to the annotation.