Annotation Parameters

The annotation parameters lets you customize annotation texts, roughness symbols and blank background. These parameters are located in the Annotation node of the Standard Definition editor.

Important:

  • The parameters which allow you to customize annotation leader symbols are located in the Dimension node of the standard editor. The parameters located in the Dress-Up node let you customize the appearance of dress-up elements, such as markup arrows and threads.
  • These parameters depend on a given parent standard.

Annotation Texts

Parameter Description Parent standard Value Description
Text > Leader Gap Horizontal offset between the text and the leader extremity ANSI and ASME only (mm)
Text > Leader Vertical Space Vertical offset between the bottom of the text and the horizontal part of the leader

Note: If you are a DS Passport customer, you can read the QA00000010089 article from the Knowledge Base for additional information.

 ISO and JIS only (mm)

Roughness Symbols

Parameter Description Parent standard Value Description
Roughness > Layout Layout of the roughness symbol All standards Authorized / Not authorized Specifies whether a given field should be displayed (Authorized) or hidden (Not authorized) in the Roughness Symbol dialog box
Roughness > Leader Gap Horizontal offset between the roughness and the leader extremity ANSI and ASME

All standards

 (mm)
Roughness > Leader Vertical Space Vertical offset between the bottom of the roughness and the horizontal part of the leader All standards (mm)
Roughness > Extension Line > Thickness > Behavior Behavior of the extension line thickness All standards Fixed / Variable with symbol Specifies whether the thickness of the extension line should be fixed (using the value specified by the Line Thickness parameter below) or variable (using the graphic property of the thickness symbol itself).
Roughness > Extension Line > Thickness > Line Thickness Extension line thickness index All standards Integer Specifies the line thickness index (as defined in the LineThickness node of the current standard) that should be used to represent the extension line. This parameter is taken into account only if the Behavior parameter is set to Fixed.
Roughness > Extension Line > Gap to surface Extension line gap to surface All standards (mm) Specifies the gap between the extension line and the pointed object.
Roughness > Extension Line > Length according to symbol Extension line length defined according to symbol or not All standards Yes / No Specifies whether the extension line length should be defined according to the roughness symbol length.

With value set to Yes:

With value set to No:
Roughness > Extension Line > Overrun Extension line overrun All standards (mm) Specifies the overrun of the extension line.

When Length according to symbol parameter is set to Yes:

When Length according to symbol parameter is set to No:
Roughness > Leader anchor according to standard (for ANSI and ASME) Leader anchor for ANSI and ASME only Yes/No In case of ANSI or ASME standard, specifies whether the roughness leader anchor parameter should be the normalized standard, i.e. the Leader Vertical Spaceparameter (with value set to Yes) or the Leader Gap parameter (with value set to No).

Blank Background

Parameter Value Description
Blank Background > Around Value > Extend To Frame Yes / No
Blank Background > Around Value > Margin (mm)

By default, the value is 1 mm.
Blank Background > Around Symbol > Activated Yes / No
Blank Background > Around Symbol > Margin (mm)

By default, the value is 0.5 mm.

Blank Background > Around Symbol > Margin Around Sensitive Point (mm)

By default, the value is 0.2 mm.