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PMI annotation planes are indicated by a dashed border. You may turn the visibility of this border on or off.

Hide or Show an Annotation Plane Border

In the WorkSpace components, click Annotations.This opens

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title	Hide/show all annotations and annotation plane borders

In the Workspace, click the Annotations browser icon to open the Annotations pane.
To

control the visibility of all the

show/hide all planes,

click the check box beside Annotation Planes.To control the visibility of

select/clear the Annotation Planes checkbox near the top of the listing. To show/hide an individual annotation plane,

try clicking the check box next to an Annotation Planeentry until the desired plane is found.

Hide or Show PMI Annotations

To Hide or Show All PMI:

In the 3D Document Toolbar, open the Display menu
Click PMI Annotations.

To Hide or Show Individual PMI Annotations:

In the WorkSpace component, select the Annotations or Assembly pane.If you don't see an annotation in the pane you may need to expand the part or surface object associated with the annotation.
Select or clear the check box next to the annotation listing.

Note

• You can also hide an annotation by right-clicking it in the 3D scene and clicking Hide.

To highlight related datums and feature control frames:

Click the annotation's listing in the Annotations or Assembly pane.This highlights the selected annotation, the associated surface or part, as well as any associated annotations.

Note

•

expand the Annotation Planes list, then select/clear the associated checkbox.
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In a similar manner, select/clear checkboxes associated with PMI entries.

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title	Highlight a surface or part associated with a PMI annotation

Selecting a PMI annotation in a 3D document will highlight its associated surface on the geometry. If no surface is associated with an annotation, then the part will be highlighted.

To highlight a surface or part associated with a PMI annotation:

Click the annotation's listing in the Annotations or Assembly pane.This highlights the selected annotation, the associated surface or part, as well as any associated annotations.

Note

• You may also select an annotation by right-clicking it in the 3D scene.

• If the PMI is a "scene" annotation, then no surface or part will be highlighted.

highlight a surface or part associated with a PMI annotation

To position the

In the Annotations pane, click the annotation listing. The selected annotation and associated surface, part, or annotation appear highlighted.
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You may also select an annotation by right-clicking it in the 3D scene.

position the view to better read an annotation plane

The View by Plane command positions your view to better read the annotations on an annotation plane.

No surface or part is associated with a Text PMI note.

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title	Position the view to better read an annotation plane

:

Right-click an

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annotation to see the flyout menu. This can be done in either

in

the Annotations pane

, the Assembly pane,

or the 3D scene.

Click

Click View by Plane

.The view is

to re-positioned the view to better read

the annotation plane associated with that annotation.

Note

• You may also right-click an Annotation Plane listing in the Annotations pane and click View by Plane.

Turn on/off Auto-Fading for PMI annotations

The Angle-Fading feature fades the annotations on a plane as the plane gets close to being perpendicular to the screen.

By default this setting is turned on, but it may be turned off by changing a setting in the Windows Registry. Angle-fading for annotation and for annotation plane can be set separately.

Warning: Be careful when changing the Registry. Modifying the wrong Registry key may seriously harm your computer's performance. Only perform this operation if you are comfortable using the Registry Editor.

To turn on/off Auto-Fading:

Open the Windows Registry EditorGo to Start > Run and type regedit
Select the HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Actify/InstallApps/SpinFire Reader/General Options
To change fading for annotations, right-click the PMI Annotations AngleFading value and click Modify.
To turn OFF Angle-Fading, change the value data to 0; to turn ON Angle-Fading change the value data to 1.
To change fading for annotation planes, right-click the PMI AnnotationPlanes AngleFading value and clickModify.
To turn OFF Angle-Fading, change the value data to 0; to turn ON Angle-Fading change the value data to 1.

Turn on/off Forward-Facing for PMI annotations

By default this setting is turned on, but it may be turned off by changing a setting in the Windows Registry.

Warning: Be careful when changing the Registry. Modifying the wrong Registry key may seriously harm your computer's performance. Only perform this operation if you are comfortable using the Registry Editor.

To turn on/off Auto-Fading:

Open the Windows Registry EditorGo to Start > Run and typeregedit
Select theHKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Actify/InstallApps/SpinFire Reader/General Options
To change forward facing for annotation planes, right-click the PMI Annotations AutoRotate value and click Modify.
To turn OFF Angle-Fading, change the value data to 0; to turn ON Angle-Fading change the value data to 1.

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Hide or Show an Annotation Plane Border

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