Annotation
    
ASME Y14.41 : Digital Product Definition Data Practices
Visible dimensions, tolerances, notes, text, or symbols.
See Also:
Dimension, Tolerance, Notes, Angularity, Product and Manufacturing Information, Basic Dimension
Alternate Definitions:

ISO 16792 - Dimension(s), tolerance(s), note(s), text or symbol(s) visible without any manual or external manipulation.

Action Engineering - A data element displayed in the 3D Data which includes information about the product, such as dimension, tolerance, or notes, and is associated with a particular feature in the model.

MBE Maturity Index - Visible, non-shape information contained in a 3D model.

Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) - An item of text or symbology conveying visible, non-shape information contained within a 3D model.