Annotate (Draw in Model)
- Last UpdatedSep 29, 2025
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Insert Group |
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Text |
Allows you to add text to a drawing. Refer to Add Text to Drawings for further information |
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Symbol |
Allows you to insert symbols. Refer to Add Symbols to Drawings for further information. |
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Image |
Allows you to insert images. Refer to Add Images to Drawings for further information. |
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Table |
Allows you to add intelligent tables to a drawing. Refer to Add Intelligent Tables to Drawings for further information. |
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Overlay |
Allows you to add an overlay to a sheet. Refer to Add Overlays to Drawings for further information. |
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Marker |
Allows you to place marker points on a drawing. Refer to Add Marker Points for further information. |
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Connection Point |
Allows you add connection points on a symbol (SYMB) element. Refer to Add Connection Points for further information. |
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Annotate Group |
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Label |
Allows you to label design objects. Refer to Label Objects for further information. |
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Advanced |
Click to display a drop-down list with the following options: |
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Weight and CoG |
Allows you to add a weight and centre of gravity label to a view. Refer to Weight and Center of Gravity Label for further information. |
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3D Coordinate |
Allows you to add labels containing positional information to a view. Refer to 3D Coordinate Label for further information. |
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Auto-Tag |
Allows you to apply automatic tagging to design objects. Refer to Automatic Tagging for further information. |
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Pipe End Labels |
Allows you to add labels to pipe ends. Refer to Pipe End Labels for further information. Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:
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Label Placement |
Click to display a drop-down list with the following options: |
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Label Placement |
Allows you to tidy up crowded areas of labelling, minimizing label overlap and leader-line crossing. Refer to Label Placement for further information. |
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Label Alignment |
Allows you to horizontally or vertically align labels and text annotations. Refer to Label Alignment for further information. |
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Gap |
Allows you to add gaps to label leader lines. Refer to Leader Line Gaps for further information. |
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Across PCD |
Allows you to add various types of pitch circle dimension annotations. Refer to Add Pitch Circle Dimensions for further information. Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:
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Across Diameter |
Allows you to add various types of radial dimension annotations. Refer to Add Radial Dimensions for further information. Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:
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Chained |
Allows you to add various types of angular dimension annotations. Refer to Add Angular Dimensions for further information. Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:
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Orthogonal Chained |
Allows you to add various types of linear dimension annotations. Refer to Add Linear Dimensions for further information. Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:
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Grid Ruler |
Click to display a drop-down list with the following options: |
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Grid Ruler |
Allows you to add a grid ruler to an orthogonal view. Refer to Create Grid Ruler for further information. |
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Base Line Ruler |
Allows you to add a base line ruler to an orthogonal view. Refer to Create Base Line Ruler for further information. |
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Centre Line Ruler |
Allows you to add a centre line ruler to an orthogonal view. Refer to Create Center Line Ruler for further information. |
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Base Line and Centre Line Ruler |
Allows you to add a base line and a centre line ruler to an orthogonal view. Refer to Create Center Line and Base Line Ruler for further information. |
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Tools Group |
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Clean Up Annotation |
Allows you to delete elements with null or illegal design element reference (DDNM) attributes. Refer to Clean Up Annotations for further information. |
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Sort Dimensions |
Allows you to reorder dimensions that are not in the correct order. Refer to Sort Dimensions for further information. |
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Fill |
Allows you to fill objects on a drawing. Refer to Fill Objects for further information. |
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Blanking Margin |
Allows you to set the blanking margin for all labels and dimensions on a sheet. Refer to Label and Dimension Blanking for further information. |
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Enable Blanking |
Allows you to turn blanking on for all labels and dimensions on a sheet. Refer to Label and Dimension Blanking for further information. |
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Disable Blanking |
Allows you to turn blanking off for all labels and dimensions on a sheet. Refer to Label and Dimension Blanking for further information. |
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Hidden Annotation |
Turns the display of annotations on or off. Refer to Hidden Annotation for further information. |
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Model Ref. Check |
Turns the Model Reference Check feature on or off. Refer to Model Reference Check for further information. |
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Primitives |
Select the toggle option to apply the Model Reference Check or Model Invalid Reference Check to primitives. Refer to Model Reference Check or Model Invalid Reference Check for further information. |
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Labels |
Select the toggle option to apply the Model Reference Check or Model Invalid Reference Check to labels. Refer to Model Reference Check or Model Invalid Reference Check for further information. |
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Dimensions |
Select the toggle option to apply the Model Reference Check or Model Invalid Reference Check to dimensions. Refer to Model Reference Check or Model Invalid Reference Check for further information. |
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Model Invalid Ref. Check |
Turns the Model Invalid Reference Check feature on or off. Refer to Model Invalid Reference Check for further information. |