Text leader

This function allows you to display text information that points to a specific area of the drawing.

Access

  • In the Annotations tab, click the icon in the Leaders section of the ribbon.
  • Type text in the Quick Search field and select Text leader from the result list.

This opens the Text leader - Options tab which is displayed along with the ribbon containing the General, Environments, Filters and Attributes sections.

Procedure

  1. Activate the appropriate Environment and Filters options.
  2. Click on the reference element to position the arrow of the text leader.
  3. Click on a point to draw the leader.
  4. If necessary, click on other points to draw the leader with multiple segments.
  5. Press the [T] key or click the Properties icon. This allows you to enter and configure text after validation.
  6. The Text data Input/Modification dialog box is displayed.
  7. Enter your text and define parameters (See Text Data Input/Modification).
  8. Click OK to validate and close the dialog box.
  9. Right click to validate.

Text Data Input/Modification

General Values Tab

Remember settings

Activate this option to save your current settings.

Text field

Enter/Modify the text in this field.

You can use keyboard shortcuts to add special characters:

  • [F4]: diameter symbol.
  • [Shift] + [F4]: degree symbol.
  • [Ctrl] + [F4]: plus-minus symbol for tolerances.

Height

Enter the height of characters in this field.

Width

Enter the width of characters in this field (only for static texts). It is disabled if the Static proportional text option is activated.

Char gap

Enter the distance between each character in this field. It is disabled if the Static proportional text option is activated.

Gap under text

Enter the distance between the text and the leader in this field.

Previous text

Activate this option if you to want to reuse text from the previous text leader.

Select font

Click this button to define the font parameters.

Static proportional text

When this option is activated, proportional text is applied; the width of characters is calculated as a ratio relative to the height of characters.

Standard text

This option allows you to select predefined text in the application:

  1. Click the icon.
  2. Select a text string from the Default string list.
  3. Click OK to validate.

String angle

Enter the angle for the entire string of characters in this field.

Character angle

Enter the angle of characters in this field (only for static texts). It is disabled if the Proportional text option is activated.

Text attribute

Select the text attribute in this drop-down list: Underline, Overline, etc.

Max number of segments

Enter the maximum number of segments, between 1 and 3, for the leader in this field.

Show CAM values

When you select entities with CAM attributes, you can generate a leader dimension with the CAM values (e.g. Diam. 8 Rough Boring or M12) by activating one of the following options:

  • No symbol.
  • Tapp string.
  • Feature string.

Update features

Click this button to apply description strings from the Feature Manager.

Attributes Tab

Remember settings

Activate this option to save your current settings.

Colours

Select the text colour.

Arrow style

Select the arrow style for the leader.

Options Tab

Remember settings

Activate this option to save your current settings.

Show field's name

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the name of the field.

Tolerances

This option is available when you have selected a circle or circular edge. Activate/Deactivate it to show/hide the tolerances defined in the Feature Manager.

Callout Tab

This tab allows you to show information defined in the Feature Manager. The options in this tab are available when selecting the edge of a hole.

Remember settings

Activate this option to save your current settings.

Show callout data

Activate this option to show/hide all the options of the Callout tab.

Cycle association

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the drilling cycle associated with the feature.

Description in Feature properties

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the description defined in the Feature configuration file.

Dimension defined in Feature properties

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the dimension defined in the Feature configuration file.

Diameter value

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the diameter value.

Description in Assembly Manager

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the description of the associated standard element in the Assembly Manager.

Dimension in Assembly Manager

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the dimension of the associated standard element in the Assembly Manager.

Quantity

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the quantity of this element in the same plane with the same direction.

Show diameter symbol

Activate/Deactivate this option to show/hide the diameter symbol.

Editing Existing Text Leaders