POSITION NUMBER

Purpose:

To enable a user to add position numbers, to represent, for example, component numbers within an assembly, to geometric components in drawings.

Instructions:

1. In the Dimension menu, click Position Number.

   The process has five basic steps, namely to select a suitable 'position number' symbol, to select a suitable reference symbol, to position the reference symbol on or over the geometric entity, input the component number/text, and then to position the attachment line. This sequence of selection and input must be followed.

2. The system displays a multiple choice dialog box. If the default position number symbol, that is a simple circle, is not suitable then select option 2 in the dialog box. This opens a simple 'graphic' dialog box containing 8 alternative symbols and from which the user can cursor select the required one and then click the OK button, returning the display back to the 'multiple choice' dialog box.

3. If the default reference symbol is not suitable then select option 3 in the dialog box. This opens a simple graphic dialog box containing 7 alternative symbols and from which the user can cursor select the required one and then click the OK button, returning the display back to the multiple choice dialog box.

4. Select option 0 and then the Operation Complete icon. This opens a dialog box in which the user can enter a simple text string that is the component position number and when complete this is to be followed by clicking the OK button. The display then returns to the geometry.

5. Position the cursor on or close to the relevant geometric entity, at an appropriate location, and click the Left-hand button once. This establishes the location of the 'reference' symbol. Move the cursor to a required point on the screen, using the temporarily displayed attachment line for reference, and again click the left-hand button. The cursor can be moved to a second or even third location, using the temporarily displayed reference line for guidance and again clicking the button at each locating point. This establishes the location of the position number symbol. Then cursor select the 'operation complete 'icon.

6. The system will then reopen the dialog in which a new position number can be input, assuming that the same reference and 'position number' symbols are still valid. If there is no requirement for another position number annotation simply click OK, otherwise repeat the above actions. Then cursor select the 'operation complete' icon followed by the Repaint icon.

   The position number enclosed in the select symbol will then appear in the display connected by a line or set of straight lines to the 'reference symbol.

   It is to be noted that the user cannot return to the multiple choice input dialog in order to change an established position number annotation, for example to change a number or a symbol. The user will need to first delete and then redefine the annotation.

Options:

There are no other options in addition to those that are described above.

Result:

Position Number annotations, for example, balloon references, are added to the display and the drawing file.