About Placement Strategies

Placement strategies are provided to systematically place the annotations generated from an annotation rule.

This page discusses:

See Also
Annotation Placement Strategies

Placement Without a Strategy

Annotation Rule Product Behavior
3D Feature KWE type Annotation Position Annotation Orientation
Physical Product Instance (leaf only) Product_Occurrence Middle of the longest generated item Horizontal
Annotation Rule Piping Behavior
3D Feature KWE type Annotation Position Annotation Orientation
Piping Part Instance Piping_Part_Occurrence Middle of the longest generated item Horizontal
Piping Pipe Instance Piping_Pipe_Occurrence Middle of pipe
  • Along and inside the pipe without a leader if it is long enough compared to the annotation.
  • Horizontal and outside the pipe with a leader.
Piping Spool Instance Piping_Spool_Occurrence Middle of longest pipe
  • Along and inside the pipe without a leader if it is long enough compared to the annotation.
  • Horizontal and outside the pipe with a leader.




Annotation Rule HVAC Behavior
3D Feature KWE type Annotation Position Annotation Orientation
HVAC Part Instance HVAC_Part_Occurrence Middle of the longest generated item Horizontal
HVAC Duct Instance HVAC_Duct_Occurrence Middle of duct
  • Along and inside the duct without a leader if it is long enough compared to the annotation.
  • Horizontal and outside the duct with a leader.
HVAC Spool Instance HVAC_Spool_Occurrence Middle of longest pipe
  • Along and inside the duct without a leader if it is long enough compared to the annotation.
  • Horizontal and outside the duct with a leader.
Annotation Rule Structure Functional Design/Structure Design Behavior
3D Feature KWE type Annotation Position Annotation Orientation
Structure Functional Design Panel SldPanel No annotation N/A
Structure Design Panel SddPanel No annotation N/A
Structure Functional Design Plate SfdPlate Middle of plate if it is primary object (structural view) or more or less parallel (angle<70°) to view (standard view) Horizontal
Structure Design Plate SddPlate Middle of plate if it is primary object (structural view) or more or less parallel (angle<70°) to view (standard view) Horizontal
Structure Functional Design Stiffener SfdStiffener Middle of stiffener Along the stiffener
Structure Design Stiffener SddStiffener Middle of stiffener Along the stiffener
Structure Functional Design Stiffener On Free Edge SldStiffenerOnFreeEdge No annotation N/A
Structure Design Stiffener On Free Edge SddStiffenerOnFreeEdge No annotation N/A
Structure Functional Design Member SldMember Middle of the longest generated item Horizontal
Structure Design Member SddMember Middle of the longest generated item Horizontal

Logic of Placement Strategy

The logic of annotation placement strategy is as follows:

  • Multi-Discipline Drafting preferably places the annotation according to the main placement strategy.
  • If the main placement strategy fails (because its success conditions are not fulfilled, etc.), Multi-Discipline Drafting places the annotation according to the potential optimizations activated on the strategy.
  • If the annotation is still not successfully placed even after executing the optimizations, Multi-Discipline Drafting places the annotation according to the recovery placement strategy.
  • If both main and recovery strategies fail, Multi-Discipline Drafting places the annotation at the initial position computed by the main strategy.