Configure GD&T symbols and rich text in forms

Activate GD&T symbols and rich text in forms by implementing XML style sheets.

Note

This feature is only supported on Microsoft Windows systems.

Ensure you have a supported browser installed on your workstation if you want to view or print HTML reports of information containing GD&T symbols.

Procedure

1. Prepare the names of GD&T and rich text properties as follows:

In My Teamcenter, choose Edit→Option-→Search and find the GDT_properties preference. If the preference does not exist, create it at the SITE level or above.

For this preference, enter the names of the GD&T and rich text form fields you want Teamcenter to recognize in the Values box, for example, work_instruction and tolerance.

Similarly, create a new preference at the SITE level or above called GDT_formtypes, and enter a list of form type names as the value of this preference. Teamcenter recognizes these form types and, if a form of one of these types has a GDT box (that is, the name of the box is defined in the GDT_properties preference), it renders this field as a GD&T/rich text box.

You have now defined names of GD&T/rich text attributes (fields) and form types. By default, Teamcenter renders GD&T and rich text fields as specified by the GDT_properties and GDT_formtypes preference entries. You can also use the XML style sheet mechanism to override these settings, as described in step 4.

2. Create the form types that can display geometric dimensioning and tolerance symbols or rich text, as follows:

Start the Business Modeler IDE and create new classes that have attributes listed in the previous step under POM_object. For example, you might create a new class called DemoGdtForm. Define the attributes for GD&T and rich text as String type with the maximum length possible.

In the Business Modeler IDE, create new form types that use the class you created as the underlying POM class. Similarly, you can also create item master forms or item revision master forms to support GD&T and rich text in those master forms.

3. Copy the gdtex.ttf font file from the rich client installation directory to the FONTS directory of your Microsoft Windows system.Note You must install this font file on every workstation where HTML are generated, viewed or printed.

4. Define an XML style sheet for the form type that contains GD&T or rich text fields. Enter gdtpanel as the rendering hint of the intended GD&T and rich text fields. If you do not give a rendering hint, Teamcenter uses the default renderer (it checks if a box contains GD&T or rich text by looking at the preference settings).The following XML example shows a style sheet for a form. In this example, comments and tolerance are rendered GD&T or rich text, while work_instruction is rendered as a text area. These rendering hints override any conflicting preference settings.Copy`

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5. Verify you can now display and edit geometric dimensioning and tolerance symbols or rich text on the appropriate forms and can export the data into reports.Note If Teamcenter indicates it cannot find the corojdk11.dll library, locate this file on the Teamcenter installation CD, and copy it into your system path. If the display of GD&T and rich text becomes unstable when you type quickly, increase the value of the EDITOR_UPDATE_LATENCY variable in the com\teamcenter\rac\form\gdt\gdt.properties file from the default value of 50 and restart Teamcenter. This instability occurs on slower machines.