Text

 

 

Links / Videos:

 

 

This command allows you to display text in a 3D document.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Click the icon or select Tools > Annotations > Text... from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Select the plane on which the text will be "written".

  2. Select the flag note to use, if available. This choice is not necessary.

  3. If the flag note is not selected, select a predefined text or enter text.

  4. Enter an angle and a style.

  5. Position text

  6. Validate.

 

 

For a multi-line text, use the Ctrl+Entr keys on the keyboard.

 

To manually orient the text, you can turn it by pressing the ALT key and the left mouse button.

 

 

Available Options:

 

 

Select the text style to use here: normal text style (default style) or customized text style.

 

You can add arrows to your text.

First position the text, then select the items(s) to which the arrow must point

To delete an existing arrow, after having edited the text, two possibilities:

  • Delete reference item in the list.

  • Reselect the reference item in the graphic area.

 

 

Allows you to define a link between the created text and a document of the PDM or an email address, a web site, a folder or a file of the computer or the network.

For entering an email address, you have to start with: mailto: (ex.: mailto:contact@topsolid.com).

You can follow the link using the Ctrl + double click mouse keys.

 

 

Extremity: Allows to choose the symbol type, the thickness, the color and the dimensions (length, angle, diameter) of the extremities.

Local attributes: Allows to define lines thickness and color  of the geometries of the note or framing of the text.

 

Modifications:

 

To modify an existing text, just select it with a right button and select the Edit command.