Edit a label or measurement object

How to move, edit, or re-label an existing label or measurement.

1. Choose Windows > Information > Information Window to open the information window.

   The information window allows you to change many useful settings of whatever objects are picked.

2. Choose Locators > Move Locator .
3. Click the annotation you want to edit.
4. Do any of the following:
   • For linear and angular locators
     • Drag the locator to move it (if this is possible).
     • Drag a label to move it.
     • Use the options in the Information Window to edit the object.
   • For radial locators
     • Drag the arrow head to move the measurement along the curve.
     • Drag the text or leader line to change the length of the leader.
     • Hold and click off the measurement with the middle mouse button to toggle a different display.
     • Use the options in the Information Window to edit the object.
   • For comb plots
     • Drag the to change the quill scale, or drag the to change the quill density.

Tips and notes

• The measurements automatically update when you move or modify the objects/locators the measurements are attached to.
• You can extend an angle measurement beyond the locators. The measurement draws extension lines connecting itself to the original locators.
• You cannot add a radius measure to a straight line.
• You can add more than one radius locator to a curve or arc.
• When the “center of curvature” of a measurement is displayed (-click off the measurement with the ), you can snap to the centerpoint using CV/Edit Point snapping.
• Using the Radius tool on some circles shows that they are not perfectly round. For perfectly round circles, use rational geometry or keypoint circles. The Diameter tool only works on perfectly round circles.
• You can get a continuous comb of radius values along a curve using the Plot Value Radius option of the Curve Curvature tool.