How do YOU show grain direction?

[chad38]

So, from time to time we need to show the direction of the grain on sheet metal parts. In order to do this I've been clicking on the view, creating a new sketch, then I've been drawing little dotted lines on a mostly blank area, constraining them(in case the part changes so they will stay attached) then I back out of the sketch, using a dimension style I set up for ordinate dims that has lettering vertical I run a dim from the endpoint of one dotted line to the endpoint of the other, and I place it with the arrows covering up the dotted lines, then I double click the dimension, check the box for hide dimension value, and type in "GRAIN". I've just been feeling like there's probably a way to do this where I don't have to do all these steps. How would YOU do it?

example:

[stephengibson76]

a sketched symbol

[blair]

We just use a simple note, text with arrow. As with the previous post answer a symbol is great as well. (just to lazy to create a symbol)

[chad38]

Okay guys, thanks, now how do I create a sketched symbol. I assume once created it would show up with other symbols like weld and datum, but I'm making sketches and cannot figure out how to save out as a symbol.

[blair]

From the Inventor Help File: http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2014/ENU/?guid=GUID-EF6BFD15-804A-4A9B-A002-C75B61ED6E75