Creating a Text with Leader

You can create a text with a leader. You can also add 3D leaders or switch current 2D leaders to 3D to position them outside the annotation plane.

  • The leader is associated with the element you selected. If you move either the flag note or the element, the leader stretches to maintain its association with the element.
  • When you change the element associated with the leader, the app keeps the associativity between the element and the leader.
  • Using the Object Properties dialog box, you can define the anchor point, text size and justification.
  • You can move a text using the drag capability. Note also that you can resize the handles, for more information, see Handles.

  • You can add new 3D leaders in the 3D area or switch current 2D leaders to 3D to position the leader outside the annotation plane.

Important: Clicking anywhere in 3D area is equivalent to click OK in the dialog box associated with this command.

Before you begin:
  • Open an existing 3D shape.
  • Improve the highlight of the related geometry by selecting Highlight faces and edges in Selection .
See Also
About Text Annotations
  1. Double-click the required view to activate it.
  2. click Text with Leader .
  3. Select a face to position the arrow end of the leader.

  4. Position the annotation at the required location.

    Note: Press Ctrl to position the annotation according to the pointer, if the Allow to indicate annotation body position (CTRL toggles) check box is cleared in the preferences.

  5. In the Text Editor dialog box, enter the required text.
    Tip:

    To start new line in the Text Editor, press Shift + Enter.

  6. Click OK.
    The text (identified as Text.xxx) is added to the tree under the Notes sub-node.
  7. Optional: Move the leader so that the leader extremity is snapped on the privileged direction.

    The privileged directions are horizontal, vertical, reference normal and reference tangent directions.

    Note: When copying or pasting an engineering symbol (such as φ Phi for example) in the text editor, the symbol is pasted as a plain character. As a result, if the symbol does not exist in the current font, the resulting character in the drawing may be different.



  8. Click in the 3D area.


  9. Right-click the text with leader and select Switch to 3D Leader to make the 2D leader a 3D leader.
    The handle at the arrow end of the leader becomes parallel to the screen. Based on the preferences specified you can modify the position arrow end of the leader. For more information, see Annotation Default Position Along View Normal .