Style and Standard Editor - Surface Texture Style Reference

Sets the attributes for surface texture symbols. The Surface Texture Style is a substyle of the standard.

What's New: 2023

Access

Ribbon: Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor . In the Style and Standard Editor dialog box, click Surface Texture. If available, click one of the listed styles to view or edit.

If you prefer, right-click a surface texture symbol in a drawing, and then select Edit Surface Texture Style.

For the current document, you can click:

On the Manage tab, Styles and Standards panel, you can also use these commands:

Set formatting attributes in the Surface Texture Style window:

General tab

Lay Symbol Filter lists all defined machining lay symbols. Select the check box to include the symbol or clear the check box to make it unavailable in the Surface Texture dialog box.

Substyles are required by the surface texture style to define fully. In this case, the surface texture style is the parent style to leader and text styles.

Some substyles can be edited while defining the parent style. Click the pencil to edit the selected style. When you save the style, the changes are in effect wherever the style is used.

Leader Style

Lists available leader styles in the active standard. Selection determines appearance of leaders associated with surface textures.

Text Style

Lists available text styles in the active standard. Selection determines size and font of text used when numbers are entered with a surface texture.

Symbol

Sets the size of the machining-prohibited symbol. Click the button to switch between the options.

Standard Reference

Specifies the drafting standard that controls surface texture symbol format. Click the arrow to select the desired standard. The drafting standard can be different from the active standard style.

Comments

Enter a comment about the definition of a particular style, such as date created, created by, or derived from a particular standard.

Requirements
Shows a preview of the surface texture symbol that corresponds to the selected drafting standard

Majority Symbol tab

Simplified
Majority indicates that this symbol specifies the standard surface characteristics for the drawing.
Full list
Enables to collect all surface texture symbols in sheet regardless of surface texture style or standard or text style. When a unique surface finish symbol is added or deleted from the sheet, the Collection Symbol is updated accordingly.