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Manage drafting symbols and GDT symbols

Your administrator can configure any form to contain geometric dimensioning and tolerance symbols or rich text in forms. You can include geometric dimensioning and tolerance symbols in any box of a form but, in practice, this is done in fields intended for engineering data. For example, a box titled Work Instruction is a good candidate for geometric dimensioning and tolerance symbols, while a box titled Quantity is not.

To Do this
Add or edit symbols in a form Display the form in the Viewer tab. Click Edit. Teamcenter displays the Change GD&T Symbols dialog box.
Add or edit drafting symbols Click the Drafting Symbols tab. Click one or more of the predefined symbol buttons.
Add or edit GDT symbols Click the GDT Symbols tab. Click one or more of the predefined symbol buttons.
Format rich text Use the buttons on the Drafting Symbols tab.
Save changes and exit Click Edit.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.plm00043/drafting_symbols · retrieved 2026-07-11