Revision Updates to ANSI Standard Symbols

The ANSI standard now supports the latest revisions of ASME Y14.5 – 2018 R(2024) for the feature control frame symbol, datum target symbol, and datum identifier symbol.

Note: AutoCAD Mechanical toolset continues to support all legacy revision. Documents created in previous releases can be opened, edited, and saved without updating to the latest standard. When saving the feature control frame symbol in the new revision to an older file format, it converts the feature control frame symbol to a block.

Feature Control Frame

The Feature Control Frame ANSI dialog box includes the latest standard revision, ASME Y14.5 – 2018 R(2024), providing the most up-to-date notation and requirements. The dialog box supports multi-frame functionality, allowing the addition of more frames as required, along with a field for inline notes. The Insert Symbol library has new symbols under the additional symbols category.

Datum Target

The Datum Target ANSI dialog box includes the latest standard revision ASME Y14.5 – 2018 R(2024). The dialog box now supports a new option to insert a movable target symbol.

Datum Identifier

The Datum Identifier ANSI dialog box includes the latest standard revision ASME Y14.5 – 2018 R(2024). The dialog box now provides the option to insert symbols on the far side. Under Requirements, datum note, and thread note fields are provided along with the Insert symbol option.