Manufacturing Process Planner general functionality > Visualizing structures > Working with 2D snapshots
Create or add a 2D snapshot
Procedure
Right-click an item revision with one or more attached image datasets (for example, a PDF file) and choose Open with→2D Viewer.The 2D viewer displays the first image dataset attached to the item revision.
If necessary, switch to the correct image dataset.
Navigate to the desired page if the base image contains multiple pages by selecting it from the Page List section of the navigation tree.
Zoom and pan to the region of interest.
Create necessary markups.
Click to open the Snapshot Gallery dialog box.
Click Add or right-click in the Snapshot Gallery dialog box and choose Add.
(Optional) If you have activated the Attributes dialog box, define attributes for the 2D snapshot.Note Teamcenter opens the Attributes dialog box automatically each time you create a 2D snapshot when you choose Options→Show Attributes Form on Add.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/twoD_create_snapshot · retrieved 2026-07-11