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December 23, 2021
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How to rotate the number in surface finish symbols?

  • December 23, 2021
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Is there a way to rotate the "16" text in the surface finish symbol?
Its properties has a box for angle but it stays grayed out. Is there a config
or something?

 

Here is the similar inquiry without an answer  https://community.ptc.com/t5/System-Administration/Rotating-surface-finish-symbols/m-p/113359. Hopefully someone in new generation know where the switch is. _THANKS!

 

Best answer by MartinHanak

Hi,

solution >>> create your own surface finish symbol.

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JS_982441215-MoonstoneAuthor
15-Moonstone
December 23, 2021

This is CREO 6

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JS_982441215-MoonstoneAuthor
15-Moonstone
December 23, 2021

One quick-fix solution is to set the roughness value to be 91 so it can show as 16. This doesn't work for roughness 32.

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    MartinHanak24-Ruby IIIAnswer
    24-Ruby III
    December 23, 2021

    Hi,

    solution >>> create your own surface finish symbol.

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      23-Emerald III
      StephenW23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      December 27, 2021

      I have used the tangent leader option and selected no arrow or just used the leader option (depending on application).

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      Tdaugherty16-Pearl
      16-Pearl
      December 27, 2021

      We copied the out of the box surface finish symbols from the load point and put them in our symbols directory. Inserting them as symbols allows them to rotate and function like normal. The OOTB symbols are located here: \Common Files\symbols\surffins. 

       

       

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      JS_982441215-MoonstoneAuthor
      15-Moonstone
      December 27, 2021

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