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Working with Annotations

Annotation commands let you add labels, callouts, links, and other annotations to your models.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Author Tab
Text Pane

Create a Label

You can create a label linked to an actor.

  1. Click Author > Create Label .
    A text box is created.
  2. Click the actor to which you want to link the text box.
  3. Position the text box and click to validate.
  4. You can create additional labels, or exit the creation mode if you're done.
    • To create additional labels, repeat steps 2 and 3.
    • To exit the label creation mode, press Escape.

Create a Label with Multiple Lines of Text

You can create a label containing multiple lines of text.

  1. Create a label as explained above.
  2. Click the label to select it, and choose either of the following methods:
    • Click the label again to switch it to edit mode. Type your text, and press Ctrl+Enter each time you want to create a new line.
    • In the Properties pane for the label, under Text, set Text to String. Click in the Text string property field, then click the ellipsis (...). The Text pane appears. Type your text, and press Enter each time you want to create a new line.

Create Annotations with Several Lines

You can create multiple attach lines from an annotation.

  1. To add a line, drag a line from the annotation target to the destination.

    Note: You cannot undo the creation of a line. To remove a line, proceed as explained in the next step.

  2. To remove a line, drag the red anchor at the destination into the annotation target .
  3. To attach an annotation to 2D panels, create one of the 2D panels before creating the annotation.

Important: An annotation always has the same number of attach lines in all views. For example, creating a new attach line for a label in one view adds it to all views containing that label, and you must define what actor the line is attached to in each view. If you need different numbers of attach lines across views, create different annotations.



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