Creating general annotations
Creating general annotations - Exercise
- Open the Gear_Housing_Annotate.ipt part file from your working folder.
- Activate the Annotate tab from the Inventor ribbon.
- Expand Extrusion 4 and right-click on Sketch1. Select Visibility from the drop-down menu.
- Click on the 11.300 dimension. Right-click and select Promote from the drop-down menu:
- Right-click on Sketch1 in the model browser and select Visibility to turn it off.
- From the Annotate tab>General Annotations panel – select Dimension.
- Select the two faces from the model as shown below:
- Hit the SPACEBAR on your keyboard to move the dimension to the same plane as the 11.300 dimension.
- Left-click to confirm placement:
- Click on the Edit Dimension button.
- Activate the Precision and Tolerance tab.
- Change the Primary Unit and Primary Tolerance values to 3.123.
- Click OK.
- Click the Green Checkmark to confirm.
- From the Annotate tab>General Annotations panel – select Hole/Thread Note.
- Choose the bored hole shown below and left-click to confirm placement:
- Click the Edit Hole Note button.
- Click the Precision and Tolerance button.
- Change the Unit Precision for Primary diameter and depth to 3.123.
- Under Tolerances, Check the box next to Upper.
- Change the Method to Limits - Stacked.
- Type 0.020 in the box for Upper.
- Change the Precision value to 3.123 using the drop-down menu.
- Click OK.
- Click the Green Checkmark to confirm.
- From the Annotate tab>Notes panel – select Leader Text.
- Click the edge of the housing as shown below.
- Click in the graphics window to confirm leader plane placement.
- Type BREAK ALL EDGES in the text box.
- Click OK to confirm.
- From the Annotate tab>Notes panel – select General Note.
- Click in the upper left quadrant when the screen turns blue.
- Type UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED ALL DIMENSIONS BASIC in the text box.
- Click OK to confirm.
- From the Annotate tab>Notes panel – select General Profile Note.
- Click in the upper left quadrant when the screen turns blue.
- Right-click on the <<$GENERAL_PROFILE_TOL>> text and select Edit Profile Tolerance.
- Change the Tolerance value to 0.020.
- Click OK twice to confirm.
- Save and Close the part file.