To Work with Text and Leaders

Use the text commands to add leader text and note text to the 3D model.

What's New: 2019.2, 2021, 2022

Add or edit a leader line with text

Leader Text is created with a single-segment leader by default. To create more leader segments, start the command, right-click, and click Single-Segment Leader to unselect the option.

  1. On the ribbon, click Annotate tab Notes panel Leader Text .
  2. Select the anchor point on the geometry.
  3. Optionally, right-click and do any of the following:
    • Click Align to Geometry in the context menu and then select an edge or axis to orient the text.
    • Click Select Next Candidate Plane in the context menu or use the SPACEBAR shortcut to cycle through alternate planes.
  4. Click to place the leader endpoint.
  5. Add the desired text in the Format Text dialog box and then click OK or Apply to create.

  6. To edit leader text do one of the following:
    • Select the leader in the display or browser, right-click, and select Edit in the context menu.
    • Double-click the leader in the display or browser.

    Change the required values and then click OK.

Add a General Note

  1. On the ribbon, click Annotate tab Notes panel General Note .
  2. Select the quadrant in the display to place the note.
  3. Add the desired text in the Format Text dialog box and then click OK or Apply to create. The note is displayed normal to the view.

Tip: To change the size of the note text, set the Annotation scale in Application Options>General tab.

Add a General Profile Note

A General Profile Note adds control for faces not identified with a tolerance feature annotation.

  1. On the part ribbon, click Annotate tab Notes panel General Profile Note .
  2. Select the quadrant in the display to place the note.
  3. In the note text, select <<GENERAL_PROFILE_TOL>> and then click Insert/Edit annotation icon to specify the tolerance value.
  4. Set the tolerance value, add the desired text in the Format Text dialog box and then click OK or Apply to create.

    The note is displayed normal to the view.

Edit a Note

To edit a General Note or a General Profile Note:

  1. Locate the note in the browser, right-click and select Edit.
  2. Change the required values and then click OK.
    3. Tip: If you set the selection filter in the QAT to Select Annotations, you can double-click a note in the display to edit.

Display Instance Properties as Leader Notes

Instance properties are properties assigned to individual component instances that are stored in the parent assembly. Unlike iProperties, instance properties don't affect the referenced component files. To learn how to display instance properties as leader notes, see To Work with Instance Properties.

Parent topic: About 3D Annotation and Model-Based Definition