Selection of Model Name and Name Info

In certain contexts when the system expects the user to supply some text information, there is a possibility to extract this information from the drawing (either directly stored or derivable from) instead of keying it in. In these situations, there are buttons available for this purpose (specific dialog buttons, Multiple Choice buttons or the Options button). The type of information that can be extracted is:

• General Model information

• Subpicture (for example, model) name

Model information is extracted from a user-indicated model in the drawing. Once selected, the model is highlighted and the general model information is presented in a dialog box. The row of interest is then selected (and possibly edited) to be passed over to the invoking function. Normally, such a row of information is made up of a "header" and a "body", separated by a colon. Click Options to toggle the exclusion of the "header" in the resulting row of information.

Subpicture name is extracted from a user-indicated subpicture in the drawing. Once selected, the name is passed over to the invoking function.

Examples of functions accepting extracted information is:

• Annotate > General Note

• Annotate > Position Number

• Modify > Copy > Text

• Insert > Text