"inspection dimensions"

I know that you can check a box to put an oval around a dimension to
designate it as an "inspection dimension", but what about notes? Do you
somehow designate certain notes as "to be inspected" by using a symbol?
If so, how?

 

SinghS,

Thank you for your reply. My question is really a general drafting
question, rather than a Solidworks "how-to" question. I would like to
know how people designate notes as "for inspection". Do you use a
special symbol?

Currently we have a separate document called an "inspection criteria"
form, where we would write something like "verify note 3", but there is
a push to put all inspection criteria on the drawing itself rather than
have a separate document. That's easy for dimensions, just check the
box and the CAD program puts an oval around the dimension. But how have
people been doing this for notes, either general notes or attached
notes with a leader? Do you use a special symbol (flag?)? Is this
covered at all in ANSI or ISO standards?

Thanks to all!

 

Check into note favorites. Once you decide how you are going to represent
an inspection dimension you may be able to save it as a favorite. It then
would be just a click to convert any note into an inspection note.

 

Thanks for the responses.

Can anyone tell me what the "Key" symbol is used for? Might this be
what I am looking for? or is there not a "standard" for designating
inspection notes.

 

There is no ANSI or ISO standard for the ovals. It was added by one of
the major CAD vendors and subsequently adopted by some of the others.
If you are interested in a custom application that will allow you to
selectively flag SolidWorks drawing notes and dimensions for inspection
while creating and exporting to Excel/HTML/XML an ANSI Z1.4-compliant
sampling plan, then please contact me. I have written a beta version
and I expect my employer to sell it soon.

Jeff Cope