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Mechanical Note
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Mechanical Note
Ribbon: Home, Annotate – Leaders –
Mechanical notes
Menu: Draw – Notes >
Mechanical notes…
Toolbar: Utilities, Leaders –
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:
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Add an additional input field. |
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Remove the input field where the cursor is located. . |
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Toggle the display of the callout - simple callout.
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Toggle the display of the callout - multi-line callout.
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Frame the text under the shelf. |
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Control the output in a multi-line callout of the last line without a shelf |
Use the icons to select the style of the extension line:
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None. |
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Arrow. |
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Point. |
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Open arrow. |
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Half-arrow. |
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Oblique. |
Use the icons to select the text alignment method:
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By left edge. |
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By center. |
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By right edge. |
Other icons and options:
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The Insert special symbol icon opens the panel with the table of special symbols, to select and insert them at the current cursor position in the text input field. |
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The Notepad icon opens the Notepad dialog box. |
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The Match properties icon temporarily closes the dialog box to specify the inserted leader whose properties should be copied and applied to the newly-created leader. |
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The Add extension line icon is used to insert additional extension lines. The icon is enabled when you edit a leader inserted into the drawing. |
Right-click in the text field and choose the required menu item:
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.