Notes

Mechanical Note

        Ribbon: Home, Annotate – Leaders –  Mechanical notes

        Menu: Draw – Notes >  Mechanical notes…

        Toolbar: Utilities, Notes –

 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:

By default, the Mechanical Note contains one input field for the caption above the leader landing.

The  Simple note and  Multiline note commands are used to edit the presence of additional landings.

The  Add string and  Delete string commands are used to edit the number of leader landings. If a simple note is used, these commands control the presence of text below the landing.

NOTE The following hotkeys are available for the  Add string command:

                          Ctrl+Enter – adds a landing below the selected landing;

                          Shift+Enter – adds a landing above the selected landing.

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

When you open the context menu on the leader arrow (without selecting the leader), a dialog box for selecting the arrow type will appear:

To create a mechanical note:

The Show dialog before inserting the object option is enabled

1.      Run the command.

2.      In the Mechanical note dialog box, select the required leader options.

3.      Enter the required text into the text fields.

4.      Click OK.

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

6.      In the command line or the context menu, select the type of leader line arrow:

None               – Creates the extension line without an arrow.

Arrow – Creates the extension line with an arrow.

Point – Creates the extension line with a point.

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

The Show dialog before inserting the object option is disabled

1.      Run the command.

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

3.      In the command line or the context menu, select the type of leader line arrow:

None         – without an arrow;

Arrow      – with an arrow;

POint      – with a point.

4.      Place the leader landing on the drawing.

5.      In the Mechanical note dialog box, select the required leader parameters.

6.      Enter the required text into the text fields.

7.      Click OK.