Draw 3D markups

Perform the following steps to draw markups on structures, assemblies, or schematics:

Procedure

1. On the 3D Markup toolbar, click Enable Markup .

2. (Optional) To change colors, fill styles, line and edge styles and sizes, and font styles and sizes, click Preferences .

3. (Optional) To draw a filled ellipse, polygon, rectangle, or text markup, click Fill .

4. (Optional) To attach the markup to a point on the model or schematic click Anchor . Anchored markups display, hide, and move with their attached parts. Anchored text markups are attached to parts with leader lines.

5. (Optional) Create or select a layer for the markup. If you do not have a markup layer, one is created when you add the first markup.

6. Specify the markup type by clicking the corresponding button on the 3D Markup toolbar. Teamcenter changes the cursor to indicate the type of markup.

7. Place the markup in one of these ways:

To place this markup

Perform these actions

Line

(For an anchored markup) Select a point on the model or schematic.

In the viewer, drag the mouse pointer to draw a line.

(Optional) To draw a horizontal or vertical line, press and hold the shift key as you drag.

Polyline

(For an anchored markup) Select a point on the model or schematic.

In the viewer, click to place one endpoint.

(Optional) To draw horizontal or vertical polyline segments, press and hold the shift key.

Click to place each vertex.

Double-click to place the last vertex.

Freehand line

(For an anchored markup) Select a point on the model or schematic.

In the viewer, drag the mouse pointer to draw.

Rectangle

(For an anchored markup) Select a point on the model or schematic.

In the viewer, click to place one corner.

Drag the mouse pointer, and then release to place the opposite corner.

(Optional) To draw a square, press and hold the shift key as you drag.

Polygon

(For an anchored markup) Select a point on the model or schematic.

In the viewer, click to place each vertex.

(Optional) To draw horizontal or vertical segments, press and hold the shift key as click.

Double-click to place the last vertex.

Ellipse

(For an anchored markup) Select a point on the model or schematic.

In the viewer, drag the mouse pointer to draw.

(Optional) To draw a circle, press and hold the shift key as you drag the mouse pointer.

Inset image

In the Open dialog box, select the image dataset and click Open.

(For an anchored markup) Select a point on the model or schematic.

In the viewer, drag the mouse pointer to place and size the image.

Text

(For an anchored text markup) Select a point on the model or schematic. Teamcenter displays the Markup Text dialog box.

(Optional for an anchored text markup) In the Markup Text dialog box, click Advanced to add part information or metadata attributes.

(For a floating text markup) Click a point in the viewer to place the text markup. Teamcenter displays the Markup Text dialog box.

(Optional) Change the font, size, and style of the text.

(Optional) To change the shape in which the text appears, from the Bounding shape list, choose the None, Rectangle, or Circle.

Type the text of the markup in the Text box.

Click OK.

URL

Place a text or inset image markup.

Right-click the markup, and choose Properties.

In the Properties dialog box, click the Hyperlink tab.

In the Link Specification box, type the URL, or click Browse and browse to the appropriate file path. You can link to any type of file. The application that is associated with the file type opens and displays the file.

Click OK.

To navigate to the URL or launch the referenced file, double-click the link.

Note When you open a URL for an animation (VAN) file, the animation plays automatically.

To create a URL markup that opens the default E-mail program and addresses a message, type mailto: in the Address box. When you double-click the link, the E-mail program is launched and a message is addressed to the specified address.

Results

The markup appears in the viewer, with a list of markups under the selected markup layer. If Teamcenter displays an asterisk (*) before the markup layer name, changes were made to the markup layer since it was last saved.

Note

If you open a 3D model that includes an anchored text markup that is anchored to an item that has been removed from the current 3D model or moved to a different structure in the same 3D model, when the 3D model file opens, the leader line does not appear and the text of the 3D markup appears in red.