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Circular notes

Use the NoteAnnotation placed on a design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup. Notes contain text or symbols that you insert and can be connected to geometry by a note leader. tool to create and edit circular NoteAnnotation placed on a design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup. Notes contain text or symbols that you insert and can be connected to geometry by a note leader. text. This text type can orient either clockwise (CW) or counterclockwise (CCW). The circle center is indicated by a cross-hair marker. The circle radius displays as a visual guideline. Use the size handle to size the circle. You can adjust the orientation of the note by dragging the rotation handle. Enter or change new radius settings in the Options panelArea of the user interface that enables you to modify functions specific to tools..

With circular text you can create:

• Single line text
• Multi-line text. Type the first line of text, and then press Enter to create an additional line of text.
• Formatted single or multiple line text. Use the mini-toolbar to format circular note text. You can change the font, font size, and style of all or some of the text; however, you cannot underline circular text.
• A note with a True Type or a Microsoft Windows 3.1 font (Modern, Roman, and Script). True Type fonts may be used when etching or laser-cutting in sheet metal, where the width of the character is determined by the width and/or focus of a laser beam.

To create a circular note

1. Select the NoteAnnotation placed on a design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup. Notes contain text or symbols that you insert and can be connected to geometry by a note leader. tool from the AnnotationInformation you can add to a drawing, such as notes, dimensions, geometric tolerances, center marks, and Bills of Materials. ribbon group in the DetailAspects of a design incorporated to communicate with others or submit the design for review. Use the tools on the Detailing tab to annotate designs, create drawing sheets, and review design changes. You can customize detailing settings to conform to standards or create your own custom style. tab.

   Mouse over the faces of your design to preview the eligible annotation planes. (In Sketch and Section modeSee Section, the sketch grid defines the annotation plane.)

2. Click a face to create the plane on which to place the note.

   To create an annotation plane for a cylindrical face, select the cylinder's axis.

   If you need to change the annotation plane, right-click and click Select New AnnotationInformation you can add to a drawing, such as notes, dimensions, geometric tolerances, center marks, and Bills of Materials. PlaneConstruction geometry consisting of a flat surface. Planes can be used for a 2D sketch, section view of a model, a neutral plane in a draft feature. from the context menu and select a new annotation plane.

3. Click to place the note on the plane.

4. Enter the text of the note.

5. In the Properties panelArea of the user interface that displays editable details about the selected object(s). This panel is initially displayed on the lower left side of the screen, but can be moved., select Clockwise or Counterclockwise from the Type drop down.

6. Click the fact to update the note.

Once you create the circular note text, you can:

• Click in the mini-toolbar to insert a symbol into your note at the cursor location.
• Click in the mini-toolbar to insert a dynamic field. Dynamic fields include current values from a variety of properties.
• Format the note text, and enter the text by cutting, copying, and pasting the text from other notes or dimension annotations.
• Adjust the orientation of the note by dragging the rotation handles. Drag the center cross-hair marker to move the text.
• Use leading spaces (inserted before text or within text) and trailing spaces (inserted after text) to position text around the circle radius as needed.
• Convert the text to lightweight text in sheet metal. Lightweight text is transparent, and is used to represent text objects in a virtual way (so that further operations on the part do not have to recalculate all the new graphics data dealing with text). In lightweight mode, the text cutouts seen by the user are only recreated when the text is edited, as opposed to every time any other action is performed on the model.
• MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. the note: Simply drag a red anchor point to snap to an edge, a sketch point, or an axis. The red anchor will snap to the note's anchor location that is closest to the drag point.