Working with drafting symbols and GD&T symbols

Your administrator may permit the use of drafting symbols and geometric dimensioning and tolerance (GD&T) symbols in any of the fields of a form.

To add or edit symbols in a form, display the form in the Viewer view and click the Edit button. Teamcenter displays the Change GD&T Symbols dialog box.

To add or edit drafting symbols, click the Drafting Symbols tab and click one or more of the predefined symbol buttons. To add or edit GD&T symbols, click the GDT Symbols tab and click one or more of the predefined symbol buttons.

To format rich text, use the following buttons that are available in the Drafting Symbols tab and the GDT Symbols tab:

	Manually refresh the editing box.
	Add a frame around the selected characters.
	Bold the selected text.
	Italicize the selected text.
	Underline the selected text.
	Set the color of the selected text.
	Decrease the size of the selected text.
	Increase the size of the selected text.
	Subscript the selected text.
	Superscript the selected text.
	Align the selected text.
	Center align the selected text.
	Right align the selected text.
	Insert the text you typed in the two boxes to the left of this button.
	Insert a control frame around the selected characters.

Additions and changes are reflected in the editing box of Change GD&T Symbols dialog box. To save changes and exit, click the Edit button again.

Related Topics

• Displaying GD&T symbols and rich text in forms