Create a standard text symbol

Procedure

1. In My Teamcenter, select an object to be the parent of the new symbol (for example, symbol folder) and choose File→New→Dataset.

The New Dataset dialog box appears.

2. Select Work Instructions Symbol on the left side of the dialog box.

3. Type a name in the Name box, and enter other optional attributes.

4. Click the browse button next to the Import box.

The Upload File dialog box appears.

5. From the Reference list, select the desired file format.

The Work Instructions Symbol dataset can contain graphic files of the following formats: BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, and TIF.

Teamcenter displays the selected format in the Files of type list and filters the display accordingly.

6. Navigate to the desired symbol file and click Import.

Note Only a single file should be imported per dataset.

The Import box contains the imported file name.

7. Select a tool from the Tool Used list according to the reference type of the imported file:

Reference type

Tool used

BMP

PV

JPG

JPEG_Tool

GIF

GIF_Tool

PNG

PNG_Tool

TIF

TIF_Tool

8. Click OK.

Results

Teamcenter creates the symbol dataset.

Note

After creating the dataset, you can double-click it to launch the tool and display its image.