Feature Control Frame Settings Dialog Box

This dialog box lets you specify the default settings of feature control frames for the current drafting standard.

Revision

Displays the most recent revision of the standard the symbol complies with.

Option Description
Merge styles Groups options for merging cells by removing duplicate tolerance types, tolerance zones, and datum references.
  • Merge symbol. Merges adjacent symbol cells if the cells contain the same symbol.
  • Merge tolerance. Merges vertically adjacent tolerance cells if the values are identical.
  • Merge datums. Merges vertically adjacent datum cells if the tolerances are identical.
  • Adjust cells to vertically align. Adds spaces so that cells of similar zones have the same width.
Symbol filter Specifies the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing symbols that are available to insert in feature control frames.
  • Category. Specifies a category of symbols to display in the Symbol list.
  • Symbol list. Displays a list of symbols for the selected category. When you enable symbols in the list, you can insert them using the AM_FeatureControlFrame command.
  • Symbol text style. Specifies a text style for the geometric symbols used in feature control frames. (Available for custom standards only.)
Leader
  • Arrowhead. Specifies the default leader arrowhead type for primary and secondary leaders of feature control frame symbols. By StandardName lets you use the arrowhead from the current drafting standard.
    When you change the arrowhead for the current drafting standard in the Standard Settings dialog box, the arrowhead of the symbol updates automatically.
  • Size. Specifies the default size of the arrowhead.
  • Surface arrwohead. Specifies the arrowhead to use for surface indication leaders. (Available for standards that allow surface indication leaders only.)
  • Color. Specifies the default leader color for feature control frame symbols.
Text Specifies the default text height and color for the symbol from the feature control frame.

Restore Defaults

Restores all values of the drafting standard.