About Text Templates

Text templates lets you define and configure the text templates.

This page discusses:

See Also
Creating a Text with Attribute Link
Creating a Text with Link Template

Advantages of Managing and Placing Text Templates

Text template is a standard CATIA functionality, however when placed in a view using the Drafting Template Design app, the following advantages can be observed:

  • The texts are updated in a more reliable and consistent way when the view is updated.
  • The text templates can be instantiated by selecting the object in the view. No selection in the tree is required to link the template.
  • The text can be synchronized with the template in the catalog chapter if any modifications are made to the template.

Store Text Template in the Catalog Chapter

Store the text template as a feature and select the text of the template text in the 2D component.

Do not select or store the 2D component reference itself.

Even if you have created catalog chapters with text templates without Drafting Template Design, they are fully compatible with Drafting Template Design app.

Reference the catalog from the Drafting Template Design resource set, or add the chapter to the Drafting Template Design catalog for text templates.