Hide Table of Contents

Add text

Menu: Draw > Add text

 

Opens the Create text dialog box for inserting a single line of text into the document.

 

Text: Enter the text string to insert in the current file. The text must not be empty.

Text option

Justify: Defines the text justification.

Text style: Defines the text style. Click Text style management to access the text style definition.

Rotation: Sets the rotation angle. Select Specify later to set the rotation angle when you insert text in the graphical area.

Height: Sets the text height. Select Specify later to set the text height when you insert text in the graphics area.

Inclined angle: Defines the angle value (in degrees) for oblique text.

Width factor: Maintains the text height if you enlarge the text.

Upside down: Inserts the text with a vertical mirror.

Backward: Inserts the text with a horizontal mirror.

Insertion point

Sets the text coordinates. Select Specify later to set the insertion point when you insert text in the graphic area.

 

Note: Unlike text added to a document with the multilingual text insertion command, text added with Add text (Draw menu) does not appear in the electrical project database.



Provide feedback on this topic

SOLIDWORKS welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation, accuracy, and thoroughness of the documentation. Use the form below to send your comments and suggestions about this topic directly to our documentation team. The documentation team cannot answer technical support questions. Click here for information about technical support.

* Required

 
*Email:  
Subject:   Feedback on Help Topics
Page:   Add text
*Comment:  
*   I acknowledge I have read and I hereby accept the privacy policy under which my Personal Data will be used by Dassault Systèmes

Print Topic

Select the scope of content to print:

x

We have detected you are using a browser version older than Internet Explorer 7. For optimized display, we suggest upgrading your browser to Internet Explorer 7 or newer.

 Never show this message again
x

Web Help Content Version: SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2022 SP05

To disable Web help from within SOLIDWORKS and use local help instead, click Help > Use SOLIDWORKS Web Help.

To report problems encountered with the Web help interface and search, contact your local support representative. To provide feedback on individual help topics, use the “Feedback on this topic” link on the individual topic page.