Creating Annotation Sets and Annotations

Once you have performed a Deviation Analysis, you may want to highlight some peculiar locations and to add comments.
This task will show you how to create Annotations and organize them under Annotation Sets:
  • A node Deviation Check  is created in the specification tree.
    It is dedicated to  annotations and deviation reports.
    A CATPart can contain only one Deviation Check node.
  • Under this Deviation Check node, you can create as many annotation sets as required.
    You will then create annotations under an annotation Set:
    • An annotation set contains annotations made on one given deviation analysis,
    • Annotations made on one given deviation analysis are not placed necessarily under the same annotation set.
    • All annotations in a given annotation set have the same format, which can be edited through the annotation set.
    • Annotations are associative with the deviation analysis. Modifying the deviation analysis will update the annotations accordingly.
    • If an annotation is not up-to-date, the whole annotation (text and frame) is displayed in red.
  • Annotations, annotations sets and Annotation Check can be deleted using the standard Delete command.
Please note that:
  • Automatic arrangement of annotations is not available.
  • As the display of annotations in a perspective view may not be accurate (e.g. with a large zoom factor), we recommend that you display annotation in parallel views.
Perform a Deviation Analysis as described in Performing a Deviation Analysis.
You will get something like that:

  1. Click Annotation Set in the Deviation Check toolbar.
    If it does not yet exist, a Deviation Check node is created in the specification tree.
    An annotation set Annotation Set.1 is created under Deviation Check.

    If you repeat this step, an annotation set Annotation Set.2 will be created directly under Deviation Check.

  2. Click Annotation in the Deviation Check toolbar.
    The Annotation dialog box is displayed.

    • If you have not created any annotation set yet:
      • a Deviation Check node is created,
      • an annotation set is created under Deviation Check,
      • the name of this annotation set is displayed in the dialog box.
    • If you have already created one annotation set, its name is displayed in the dialog box.
    • If you have already created several annotation sets, select the one under which you want to create the annotation.
      Its name is displayed in the dialog box.

  3. Select the Deviation Analysis on which you want to create annotations:

    • If you had not selected a Deviation Analysis before clicking Annotation, select one.
      Its name is displayed in the dialog box.
    • If you had selected a Deviation Analysis before clicking Annotation, it is highlighted in the 3D viewer and you can move your cursor on it.
      Do not select another Deviation Analysis: it will not replace the current selection and you will not be able to create annotations on it.
    • Once you have selected a Deviation Analysis, you cannot change your selection without exiting the dialog box by Cancel.

  4. Place your cursor on the Deviation Analysis.
    The annotation is displayed in a black frame.

    Click where you want to anchor the annotation, then drag and drop the text to where you want to display it. 

  5. You can define the display format of the annotation,  before creating or later, with the Display check boxes:

    The same display format is applied to all the annotations of the same annotation set. Select the required check boxes:

    • Name: displays the name of the annotation as it appears in the specification tree:

      X Y Z: displays the coordinates of the anchor point of the annotation, i.e. the point you wanted to highlight:
    • dX dY dZ: displays the deviations at the anchor point, in the X, Y and Z direction:
    • Status: the Tolerances must be displayed in the Deviation Analysis.
      Status displays the status of the anchor point of the annotation with respect to the tolerances:
      • if the status is KO, a red light appears at the top left corner of the annotation and the text of the annotation is displayed in red,
      • if the status is OK, a green light appears at the top left corner of the annotation and the text of the annotation is displayed in green,
      • if the deviation value at the anchor point is positive, the status is OK if the deviation value is less or equal to the positive tolerance. Otherwise the status is KO.
      • if the deviation value at the anchor point is negative, the status is OK if the deviation absolute value is less or equal to the positive tolerance. Otherwise the status is KO.
      • If the Status check box is not selected or if the Tolerances of the Deviation Analysis are not displayed, the annotation is displayed with no light.

    You can select several check boxes.

  6. Click OK to validate and exit the dialog box.