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fhansen-21-Visitor
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April 27, 2016
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First angle projection symbol

  • April 27, 2016
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Hello,

I would like to have the first angle projection symbol in my drawing template.  I have looked in Annotate>Symbols, but can't seem to find it.

Is this symbol a standard symbol in Creo? Or where can I find this symbol?

- Frederik

Best answer by BenLoosli

Create it yourself. It is well defined as to what it looks like and sizing.

Maybe someone will upload one.

It is not in the PTC distribution, and neither is the third-angle projection symbol.

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23-Emerald III
BenLoosli23-Emerald IIIAnswer
23-Emerald III
April 27, 2016

Create it yourself. It is well defined as to what it looks like and sizing.

Maybe someone will upload one.

It is not in the PTC distribution, and neither is the third-angle projection symbol.

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rohit_rajan15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
April 27, 2016

No it is not a standard  symbol in PTC Creo Parametric.You would have to make that symbol and put it in drawing.

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ehowanice12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
June 5, 2020

Seems like creating formats and drawing symbols is still in the dark ages. There should at least be some more commonly used symbols.  Most tutorials on creating drawing formats mostly criticize PTCs lack of functionality and suggest starting a new format with a legacy dxf format where ever possible. I'm sure explaining to management that we need a seat of Autocad to create better drawing formats will go over real well.

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23-Emerald III
BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
June 5, 2020

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Tables placed in the drawing get copied to your drawing when used and they then are editable by anyone. Not sure if placing them in a drawing template will 'freeze' them. There should be a property value will lock a table if you are not in an admin role.

 

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