Drafting Menus: Symbols Menu

Access: Invoke this group of functions from the following locations:

Select Symbols from the menu bar. Select the required function.
Right-click the graphics area to display the popup submenu and select the appropriate function from the Drafting Symbols flyout.
Select the required function as specified in the function description.

The Symbols menu functions enable you to create, edit and copy/paste various Drafting symbols.

The following functions are available in the Symbols menu:

The table below can be sorted; it has clickable headers that sort the table by the clicked column. The table is initially sorted by Function name.

Menu Section	Function
Alignment	Align Symbol Horizontally (X)	Align a symbol with another symbol horizontally (in the X axis).
Alignment	Align Symbol Vertically (Y)	Align a symbol with another symbol vertically (in the Y axis).
Symbols	Arrow	Create an arrow from a start point to a terminator location.
Automatic Symbols	Automatic Center	Automatically create a center line through circles, arcs, ellipses or projected splines of an assembly view.
Automatic Symbols	Automatic Coordinate Table	Automatically display a coordinate table listing all the coordinate labels in a selected view. These coordinate labels must first be created using the PMI Coordinate Label function in the Modeling environment.
Automatic Symbols	Automatic ID Number	Automatically display the ID numbers of an assembly view.
Automatic Symbols	Automatic Label of Holes (LOH)	Automatically label holes, creating labels on the view beside each hole.
Automatic Symbols	Automatic Ordinate	Automatically create ordinate dimensions through circles, arcs, points, splines, and center lines.
Tables	BOM	Create a Bill of Materials (BoM) for an assembly. A BoM is a list of components in the assembly.
Symbols	Center	Create a center line through circles, arcs or ellipses.
GD&T	Datum Target	Add a Datum Target symbol to the drawing.
Textual	Dimension	Create a dimension.
Textual	Hole Dimension	Add labels (which comply to engineering standards) that fully describe the attributes of one or more holes.
GD&T	Geometrical Datum	Create a datum reference to attach to a point on the screen or to one of the following: An edge of a planar surface A non-planar feature of size An extension line off the datum feature surface On a size dimension, placed offset to the dimension arrows On a dimension line inline with the dimension arrows On a leader arrow of a size dimension As one half in an open-ended size dimension (inline with arrow) Off a feature control frame that is applied to a surface Off a feature control frame that is applied to a feature of size
GD&T	Geometrical Tolerance	Add a geometric tolerance to the drawing. Geometric tolerances are used to control form, profile, orientation, location and runout.
Textual	ID Number	Add an ID number symbol to the drawing.
Symbols	Marking	Apply markings to various circles, arcs or splines to differentiate between them, enabling you to identify them easily. These markings can be applied to ejector pins, cooling channels or other circular geometry.
GD&T	Multi Diameter	Add the multi diameter symbol to the drawing. When you use the Multi Diameter function and click a drafting hole in any direction (normal to view orientation, front, side, etc.) the system analyzes the hole segments and sets major diameters in the Multi Diameter symbol.
Textual	Ordinate Dimension	Allows the definition of the ordinate dimension direction via view entities (two points or a line), which can be aligned with view rotation or angled details. You can control and edit the dimension distance from the view or selected points.
GD&T	Surface Finish	Add a surface finish symbol to the drawing.
GD&T	Surface Roughness	Add a surface roughness symbol to the drawing.
Symbols	Symmetry Line	Add a symmetry line to a drawing. In addition, you can define the amount by which the symmetry line extends both sides beyond the defined area.
Tables	Table of Holes (TOH)	Create a Table of Holes (TOH).
Textual	Text	Create a wireframe (curves) out of text. Create and position wireframe text (arcs & lines only) from text defined in any language, font, or according to specific parameters. The result is a Text feature.
GD&T	Weld	Add a Weld symbol to the drawing.

The following menu sections are available under the Symbols menu:

Alignment Tools	This group of functions is used to align symbols.
Automatic Symbol Tools	This group of functions is used to automatically display various symbols.
GD&T Tools	This group of function is used to display Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) symbols.
Symbol Tools	This group of functions is used to display various drafting symbols.
Table Tools	This group of functions is used to display various tables.
Textual Tools	This group of functions is used to display various textual drafting symbols.

Notes:

For many of these functions, the Drafting Preferences enable you to set the default arrow type, character size and font.
For many of these functions, the entity type created (Datum Target, Surface Finish, and so on) can be selected when creating Sets by Criteria.
For additional information on symbols, see Drafting Symbols.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.