Article - CS147882

How to create custom Symbols to use in drawings for Creo Parametric

Modified: 09-Oct-2025   


Applies To

  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire 5.0
  • Drawing
  • Symbol
  • Surface Finish

Description

  • How to customize Symbols in the Symbol Gallery?
  • How to redefine the symbol?
  • How to create custom Symbols to use in Drawings?
  • How to save custom Symbols (*.sym files) for use in other drawings?
  • How to create a custom symbol for Ra surface finish?
  • Modify the length of the straight line in the custom symbol? Recently, I have been modifying the roughness symbol, from the right to the left in the picture, but the length of the line added above cannot be controlled.
  • In the drawing session, when executing "Annotate > Annotations", "Define symbol" does not show on the list of available options.


 

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