LABEL

Purpose:

To create a Label annotation in the current drawing.

The Label is used to annotate information derived from a model p-point in the current drawing. It consists of a text or symbol, with a leader line connected to it and referring to the specific P-point.

The Label is structurally contained within a component of its own, with a system-unique layer (-11).

Both the color and the layer on geometry level of the Label are controlled by the modal properties of the General Note, The Line type is set to Solid.

Instructions:

1. In the Annotate menu, click Label.

2. The Create Label form is displayed.

   

3. You can choose the type of label: General or Symbolic. General Label presents the intelligent text. Symbolic Label is generated from template (SYTM).

4. The intelligent text or template name is keyed in on the form.

5. Optionally there are two selection buttons:

   • Indicate already created label on drawing and copy text or symbol template name from that label.

   • Select intelligent text or symbol from predefined list.

6. To include intelligent text, click the button, the Intelligent Text form is displayed:

   

7. When the Symbolic type of label is chosen, the Symbol Library form is displayed.

8. The label is placed on the drawing in the following steps:

   1. First the desired p-point in the drawing is indicated.

   2. Next, the position where to place the label.

   3. Optionally start point of the leader line can be selected, if it should be different to the previously given P-point.

   4. The Start of Leader Line form is displayed when placing the label.

      

   5. The options depend on what type of point was selected in the first step. If this was a point on a p-line: you can either select any geometrical point in the drawing (another point) or give a relative distance between the start and the end point of the p-line (Relative distance along P-line). If the point given in the first step is a p-point the only additional option is a geometrical point.

      Please note that if the label starts in a geometrical point the association to the model will be lost. That means that if the model is moved the label will not follow.

9. When the label is positioned in the drawing by the user, clicking the Options command lets the user change the properties of the text. Alignment alternatives for the text to position can be changed, using the Text Alignment toolbar. See Text on the Insert menu for further information.

10. To remove a previously created label, select Edit, then Delete, then Last Entity.

Options:

Options tab.

Leader line - Shape

The shape of the leader line:

• Straight

• Free bend point
  A free point in the drawing is given by the user

• Free angle/Horizontal
  The angle of the first part of the line is defined by the user, the second part is horizontal

• Free angle/Vertical
  The angle of the first part of the line is defined by the user, the second part is vertical

• Horizontal/ Free angle
  The angle of the second part of the line is defined by the user, the first part is horizontal

• Vertical/ Free angle
  The angle of the second part of the line is defined by the user, the first part is vertical

• Disabled (not shown)

The bend angle defines the slope (degrees) of the Free angle part of the leader line. Valid when using leader line shape with Free angle option.

Leader line - Terminator

The type of terminator attached to the leader line:

• Disabled (none)

• Open arrow

• Narrow dart

• Wide dart

• Slash

• Open dot

• Arrow

• Dot

The Size field defines size of selected terminator.

Frame

Displays rectangular frame around label text. The margin defines distance between displayed text and surrounding box.

Blanking

Defines if label shape should blank out parts of the drawing behind the label. The margin defines offset that increases area blanked out by label shape.

Defaults:

Default values displayed in the dialog can be configured in the Drafting Default file.

For a list of all keywords used in the Drafting Default file, see Drafting Default File Keywords.

The Intelligent Text definitions are read from text file assigned to the logical variable SBD_LABEL_TEXT_DEFINITIONS.

Result:

Labels will be created in the current drawing, according to the user’s actions.