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RP_1038445111-Garnet
11-Garnet
December 1, 2025
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Can we add custom symbol in drawing annotation

  • December 1, 2025
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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).

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Van_AG
Van_AG15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
December 1, 2025

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.

 

 

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    RP_1038445111-GarnetAuthor
    11-Garnet
    December 2, 2025

    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

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    RP_1038445111-GarnetAuthor
    11-Garnet
    December 4, 2025

    Hi @Van_AG  thank you for your help so far. The symbol I want to add is a circle split vertically, with the left half filled and the right half empty.

    I checked the guide on creating symbols using the 16×16 grid method, but creating symbols this way will be very time-consuming, especially since I have around 30 to 40 symbols. Is there any option to convert my symbol directly into the required ASCII code format?

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