Creating a Roughness Symbol

This task will show you how to create a roughness symbol. You can set text properties either before or after you create the roughness symbol.

Open the Brackets_views03.CATDrawing document. Create a dimension.

1. Click the Roughness Symbol icon

from the Annotations toolbar.

2. Select the attachment point of the roughness symbol.

The Roughness Symbol Editor dialog box is displayed.

3. Enter values in the desired field(s). For example, Ra=1.6.

4. Click OK.

Symbols	Definition
	Surface with complementary requirement specification for surface texture.
	Surface texture is the same for all part surfaces.
	Surface with complementary requirement specification for surface texture.
	Surface texture is the same for all part surfaces.
	Lay multidirectional.
	Lay approximately circular
	Lay approximately radial
	Lay particulate, non-directional, or protuberant.
	Lay angular in both directions
	Lay approximately parallel to the line representing the surface
	Lay approximately perpendicular to the line representing the surface
	Basic Surface Texture Symbol
	Material removal by machining is required
	Material Removal Prohibited.

5. If needed, modify the roughness symbol position by dragging it to the required location.

6. Click in the free space to validate the roughness symbol creation.

The roughness symbol is created.

creatingroughnesssymbol02NLS.gif (4826 bytes)

	At any time, you can modify the roughness symbol. For this, double-click the roughness symbol to be modified and enter the desired modifications in the displayed `Roughness Symbol Editor` dialog box (except orientation modification using the `Invert` switch button).
	You can link roughness symbol position and orientation to another element, see Making an Existing Annotation Associative.