Create Label

Creates a label which can be added to the drawing canvas in the Engineer module.

Select the symbol palette for the label in the Setup Explorer before you create the label.

On the Drawing tab, in the New group, select New and select Label from the dropdown menu to display the Create new label window.

Type a unique name for the label.

If the name is not unique, an error message displays summarizing the problem.

Once named, annotate the label on the blank drawing canvas, the label is created as a member element of the currently selected symbol palette on the Setup Explorer. By default, the Graphical Canvas - Symbol Editor tab is displayed.

Use the Attributes window to define the display name, description, template status, leader line visibility, arrowhead visibility and the relative position of labels.

The example displays a label that contains drawing elements and intelligent text.

Refer to Setup Explorer and Symbol Editor for further information.