Document Properties - Location Label

You can specify document-level drafting settings for location labels. You can override these settings in the PropertyManager. Available for detail, section, and auxiliary drawings views.

To open this page:

With a drawing open, click Options (Standard toolbar), select the Document Properties tab, and then select Annotations > Location Label.

Overall drafting standard

Overall drafting standard Inherited from the selected page settings.

Base location label standard

Base location label standard
Select a standard:
  • ANSI
  • ISO
  • DIN
  • JIS
  • BSI
  • GOST
  • GB

Frame style

Frame Style Sets the style for the shape surrounding the text.
Frame Thickness Select: a thickness or select Custom Size and enter a thickness.

Layer

Layer
Select a layer.
You must first create layers for the drawing before you can select them for document properties.
You must select Per Standard for Layer (Layer toolbar) in the drawing view document to apply these layer settings.

Style

Style
  • Circular Split Line (Default)

  • Square Split Line

  • Verbose

    Select Verbose to display the location label with no border, or select a location label shape.
Size Select a size (a specified number of characters), Tight Fit (adjusts automatically to the text), or Custom Size (you set the location label size).

If you select Tight Fit, you can add padding to specify an offset between the border and text.

Text

Font

Click to modify the font.
Upper For the upper section of location labels, select:
  • Text
  • Sheet
  • Sheet with Label
  • Zone
  • View Letter

Text

Sheet

Sheet with Label

Zone

View Letter

Lower For the lower section of location labels, select:
  • Text
  • Sheet
  • Sheet with Label
  • Zone
  • View Letter

Text

Sheet

Sheet with Label

Zone

View Letter

Don't add same sheet number Select to not include the sheet number in a location label when the detail, section, or auxiliary drawing view is on the same sheet as the parent view.  

Options

Display zone of counterpart location label Select to display the zone of the counterpart location label of the associated parent or child view.