Annotate Tab

Insert Group

Text

Allows you to add text to a drawing. Refer to Add Text to Drawings for further information

Symbol

Allows you to insert symbols. Refer to Add Symbols to Drawings for further information.

Image

Allows you to insert images. Refer to Add Images to Drawings for further information.

Table

Allows you to add tables to a drawing. Refer to Add Tables to Drawings for further information

Overlay

Allows you to add an overlay to a sheet. Refer to Add Overlays to Drawings.

Marker

Allows you to place marker points on a drawing. Refer to Add Marker Points

Annotate Group

Label

Allows you to label design objects. Refer to Label Objects for further information.

Auto-Tag

Allows you to apply automatic tagging to design objects. Refer to Automatic Tagging for further information.

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:

• Identified

• Automatic

Label Placement

Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:

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.

Label Alignment

Allows you to horizontally or vertically align labels and text annotations,. Refer to Label Alignment for further information.

Gap

Allows you to add gaps to label leader lines. Refer to Leader Line Gaps for further information.

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:

• Across PCD

• Across PCD Leaderline

• PCD Leaderline

• PCD Pointer Leaderline

• PCD Internal Leaderline

• Internal PCR

• Internal PCR Leaderline

• External PCR Leaderline

• External PCR Pointer Leaderline

• PCR Internal Leaderline

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:

• Across Diameter

• Across Diameter Leaderline

• Diameter Leaderline

• Diameter Pointer Leaderline

• Diameter Internal Leaderline

• Internal Radius

• Internal Radius Leaderline

• External Radius Leaderline

• External Point Leaderline

• Radius Internal Leaderline

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:

• Chained

• Baseline

• Combined

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:

• Orthogonal Chained

• Aligned Chained

• Combined Left

• Combined Right

• Aligned Combined

• Baseline Left

• Baseline Right

• Aligned Baseline

Grid Ruler

Allows you to add rulers to design views. Refer to Grid Ruler for further information.

Active Visual Styles Group

Dimension

Allows you to set the default visual style for dimensions, labels, text and view frames. Refer to Set Default Visual Styles for further information.

Label

Text

View

Ruler

Tools Group

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.

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.

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.

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.

Model Ref. Check

Turns the Model Reference Check feature on or off. Refer to Model Reference Check for further information.

Primitives

Select the toggle option to apply the Model Reference Check to primitives when the Model Reference Check feature is active.

Labels

Select the toggle option to apply the Model Reference Check to labels when the Model Reference Check feature is active.

Dimensions

Select the toggle option to apply the Model Reference Check to dimensions when the Model Reference Check feature is active.