Querying 3D Annotations

You can select an annotation and thus highlight all geometrical features in relation to this one, and reciprocally, select a geometrical feature and thus highlight all annotations in relation to this one.

This behavior is also applicable with Part Design or Generative Shape Design features, and it allows you to know the relationships between annotations and geometries.

Before you begin: Open an existing 3D shape containing annotations.

  1. Click 3D Annotation Query Switch On/Switch Off if needed.

    Note:

    This option is activated by default, see 3D Annotation Query.

  2. Select the annotation as shown:

    This location specification is defined on a pattern of holes. Any toleranced hole of the pattern is then highlighted.



    Any toleranced face hole of the pattern is then highlighted.



  3. Select the yellow manipulator and start dragging the arrow head.

    A yellow temporary trace is displayed. It corresponds to the intersection between the annotation plane and the corresponding toleranced elements. This trace defines all the possible positions for the arrow head that are semantically correct for the selected tolerancing annotation.



    In our example, the toleranced elements are a group of five holes, this is why we obtain five yellow traces:



  4. Drag and drop the arrow head on another trace to the right.

    You can obtain this:



  5. Select Pad.2 in the specification tree.

    As you can see, the pad is highlighted in the geometry area, as well as all annotations which are applied to it.

    This functionality is demonstrated here using a Part Design feature, but it is also available for Generative Shape Design features.



    Note:

    You can add the 3D Annotation Query Switch On/Switch Off command to another workbench via Tools > Customize. For more information, refer to the Customizing Toolbars and Workbenches chapter in the Infrastructure User's Guide.