Mechanical Note

Notes

    Ribbon: Home, Annotate – Leaders –  Mechanical notes

    Menu: Draw – Notes >  Mechanical notes…

    Toolbar: Utilities –

 Command line: NOTE

This command opens the Mechanical note dialog box to set the mechanical note options:

Options:

Use the icons to add/remove text input fields and to add a border:

Use the icons to select the style of the extension line:

Use the icons to select the text alignment method:

Other icons and options:

Right-click in the text field and choose the required menu item:

The History item contains a list of recently input text lines.

The Recent item is a list specified by the user.

The Pick from drawing item opens the Value picker toolbar which allows you to copy values from the objects on the drawing:

To create a mechanical note:

1.    Type the required text into the text fields.

2.    Select the required leader options.

3.    Click OK.

4.    Specify a point on the object to which the leader arrow will be directed.

The following arrow type switching options are available in the command line and context menu:

None          – Creates the extension line without an arrow.

Arrow         – Creates the extension line with an arrow.

Point         – Creates the extension line with a point.

5.    Select an option and specify the leader position on the drawing.