To Create a Surface Texture Symbol (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)

1. Click the Annotate tab Symbols panel Surface Texture.
2. Select an object to attach the surface texture symbol to.
3. If you attached the symbol to a line, in the drawing area, specify the start point for the leader.

   If you attached the object to an arc, circle, ellipse or spline, skip to the next step.

4. Specify one or more points to define the vertices of the leader, and then press ENTER.
5. 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.
   • To set the symbol to be a collective indication of all other surface texture symbols in the drawing. select 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.

   • To add the all-around designation, click the All-Around button.
   Note:

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

6. Click OK.

Note:

Some of these steps may not be valid for the GOST standard.