To Place a Surface Texture Symbol as a Majority Symbol (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)

  1. Click the Annotate tab Symbols panel Surface Texture. Find
  2. Click the position you want to place the symbol and press ENTER 2 times.
  3. In the Symbol tab, specify the surface texture requirements as required.
    • To set the symbol type, select either Basic symbol, Material removal required, or Material removal prohibited.
    • To add a tail to the surface texture symbol, select Force tail.
    Note:

    To enter special characters such as the wave filter notation (λ), enter the corresponding Unicode character string (U+03BB in this case).

  4. Select Place as majority symbol.
    Note:

    Click Properties to choose between the simplified and full list representation of the majority symbol. In the simplified representation, only the basic symbol appears in parentheses to the right of the collective indication. In the full list representation, the state of surface texture symbols present elsewhere in the drawing appears in parentheses to the right of the collective indication.

  5. Click OK.