User-Positioned Text

All items of text used for the standard annotation of isometrics have default positions at which they are plotted on the drawings. Some of these annotations can be repositioned using the POSITION command. The POSITION command can also be used to position up to 400 pipe attributes such as the pipe’s name, owner, temperature rating, and pressure rating, and including User-Defined Attributes (UDAs) and user-specified text. The user can orient the text at a specific angle if required.

The standard text annotations which can be repositioned are as follows:

• The North direction arrow;

• Spool numbers;

• Sheet numbers; that means, X in DRG X OF Y;

• Sheet totals; that means, Y in DRG X OF Y;

• The project number;

• The bend radius;

• System isometric names;

• The date.

The POSITION command also allows the user to create a number of user defined tables to hold information they need (for example on welds or drawing history). See below for further information.

All text must be positioned in a margin, away from the drawing area, to avoid overwriting the isometric plot of the pipe itself. The user will normally allocate a suitable margin by using the MARGIN command. No checks on the specified text positions will be made by Isodraft and it is up to the user to make sure that they do not corrupt the isometric by poor positioning.

Note: It is possible to output the same piece of textual information at more than one position on an isometric plot by defining its coordinates more than once. The new definitions will not overwrite the earlier ones.

The user can also suppress the output of attributes, system attributes or all user-positioned text.