Can we add custom symbol in drawing annotation

[RP_10384451]

Hi there,

I was creating few annotation in creo drawing, so there i want to add custom symbols in my annotation.

I tried to finding where this symbols are saved but i can find it, i found one way but it was for adding pre defined symbols in note (By &sym(symbol name) but that does not work for annotation.

so my question is, how we can add custom symbols in annotation (i.e. in Prefix/Suffix).

[Van_AG]

The syntax &sym(symbol name) works for drawing annotations.

But you must preload the symbol into the session.

Please see the help page and community answers below

https://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/r12/usascii/index.html#page/detail/notes_adding_dsymbols.html

https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Using-a-Symbol-in-a-drawing-format-table/td-p/377465

The second way to call a custom symbol is to add it to the special.fnt font.

Then you can call the symbol from the text symbol palette.
Look for the pim_install_guide.pdf file in the Creo distribution and the section 'Customising the Text Symbol Palette for Creo Parametric' in the file.

[RP_10384451]

The option you suggest is for inserting symbols in notes, but for my scenario i want to insert custom symbol in annotation so except &sym(symbol name) [which is used for notes] is there any other option we have to insert custom symbol in annotation

[Van_AG]

Another option is to use special.fnt.
See the answer above.

[RP_10384451]

Hi @Van_AG can you share more information about special.fnt option?

[Van_AG]

special.fnt is a OOTB vector font that contains characters that cannot be entered from the keyboard

You can decompile the fnt-font into a src-file and then modify it. Then compile it back into fnt.
See the 'Font Definition' section in the pim_install_guide.pdf file, which I wrote to you about yesterday.

Unfortunately, editing a vector font in a text editor is very inconvenient.
But I remember there was a third-party GUI utility for this purpose. 'FontViewer FNT' or something like that...