Use the Note PropertyManager to insert a Note, or to edit an existing note, balloon note, or revision symbol.
To open this PropertyManager, do one of the following:
- Click Note (Annotation toolbar), or click .
- Select one or more notes.
- Right-click one or more notes (hold down Ctrl while you select a group of notes).
Style
In addition to the functionality described in Style, notes have two types of favorite styles:
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If you type text in a note and save it as a style, the text is saved with the note properties. When you create a new note, select the favorite, and place the note in the graphics area, the note appears with the text. If you select text in the document and then select a style, the properties of the style are applied without changing the selected text.
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Without text |
If you create a note without text and save it as a style, only the note properties are saved.
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Text Format
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Left Align |
Aligns the text horizontally. |
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Center Align |
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Right Align |
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Top Align |
Aligns the text vertically. |
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Middle Align |
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Bottom Align |
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Fit Text |
Click to compress or expand selected text.
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Angle |
A positive angle rotates the note counterclockwise.
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Insert Hyperlink |
Adds a hyperlink to the note. The entire note becomes a hyperlink. Underlining is not automatic, but you can add it by clearing Use document font and clicking Font.
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Link to Property |
Lets you access drawing properties and component properties so you can add them to the text string. Only properties added to parts, assemblies, and drawings are available.
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Add Symbol |
Lets you access the symbol libraries so you can add symbols to text. Place the pointer in the note text box where you want the symbol to appear, then click Add Symbol.
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Lock/Unlock note |
(Available in drawings only.) Fixes the note in place. When you edit the note, you can adjust the bounding box, but you cannot move the note itself.
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Insert Geometric Tolerance |
Inserts a geometric tolerance symbol into the note. The Geometric Tolerance PropertyManager and the Properties dialog box open so you can define the symbol.
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Insert Surface Finish Symbol |
Inserts a surface finish symbol into the note. The Surface Finish PropertyManager opens so you can define the symbol.
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Insert Datum Feature |
Inserts a datum feature symbol into the note. The Datum Feature PropertyManager opens so you can define the symbol.
If there is an existing geometric tolerance, surface finish, or datum feature symbol in the drawing, you can click the symbol while you edit the note to insert the symbol in the note. To edit the symbol, you must edit the existing symbol in the drawing sheet. When you edit the existing symbol, all instances of the symbol are updated in the sheet.
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Manual view label |
(For projected, detail, section, aligned section, and auxiliary view labels only.) Overrides the options in Document Properties - View Labels . When selected, you can edit the label text. If you later clear the check box, the label updates according to the corresponding View Label options.
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Use document font |
Uses the font specified in Document Properties - Notes.
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Font |
When Use document font is cleared, click Font to open the Choose Font dialog box. Select a new font style, size, and other text effects.
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All uppercase |
Sets the text of the note to display in uppercase. The text appears in uppercase but the actual text value is not converted. If you edit the text value in the Edit in Window dialog box or the Custom page of the Properties dialog box, the text appears as you originally entered it.
To toggle the All uppercase setting on or off without opening the PropertyManager, select a note or balloon and click Shift + F3.
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Include prefix, suffix and tolerance of dimensions |
When selected, if you insert a dimension into a note, any symbols or tolerances included with the dimension appear in the note. When cleared, the dimension appears in the note, but any symbols or tolerances are omitted.
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Block Attribute
You can add attribute names to notes in blocks. Attributes are similar to properties in a part, drawing, or assembly.
The Block Attribute section is available only when editing a note (below, "FW") in a block.
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Attribute name |
Select a note in the block. Text appears in this box for notes with attributes imported from AutoCAD. You can type or edit the attribute name in the text field provided.
You can choose for an attribute to be Read only, Invisible, or both. Clear Read only to change the Attribute name for each block instance.
You can edit this attribute/value pair from the Block PropertyManager.
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Leader/Frame Style
Use document display
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Select to use the style and thickness configured in Document Properties - Notes.
Clear to set leader style or thickness .
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Border
Style |
Specifies a geometric shape (or None) to enclose the text. You can apply borders to entire notes and portions of notes. For portions of notes, select any portion of the note and select a border. |
Triangle border style |
Size |
Specifies Tight Fit to the text, a fixed number of characters, or User Defined (where you can set the size below).
If you select Tight Fit, you can add padding to specify an offset between the border and text.
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Parameters
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X Coordinate |
Enter the location for the note center. |
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Y Coordinate |
Enter the location for the note center. |
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Display on the screen |
Enter the note position in the graphics area. With Display on the screen, the X and Y coordinates are shown in the graphics area where you can type coordinates. The (0,0) position is the lower left corner of the drawing sheet.
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Layer
In drawings with named layers, select a Layer .
Display behind sheet
Available on sheet format. Select to display annotation note on the sheet format behind drawing objects.