When you refresh the annotations, you can choose whether to update the string values only or whether to update all properties of the annotation (for example, its position and layer location).
To refresh annotation based on a specific template
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Click
. Find
- In the Annotation Refresh dialog box, select an annotation template and click OK. Tip:
You can select more than one template at a time.
- On the command line, select Full Annotation or Strings Only.
- Strings Only — Reevaluates only the expression-based text in the annotation, but changes nothing else.
For example, if you use the expression .AREA as the value of the annotation text, the annotation displays the area of the circle. If you change the diameter of the circle, and refresh the annotation with the Strings Only option, the text changes to reflect the new area of the circle.
- Full Annotation — Reevaluates any expression-based text, as well as other properties of the annotation (for example, the insertion point and the layer on which the annotation resides).
For example, if you use the expression .CENTER to specify the insertion point of the text, the annotation is displayed in the center of the circle. If you resize and move the circle, the Strings Only option changes the text to reflect the new size, but does not change the position of the text. The annotation text is longer centered in the circle. The Full Annotation option updates the text to reflect the new size and moves the annotation to the center of the relocated, resized circle.
- Strings Only — Reevaluates only the expression-based text in the annotation, but changes nothing else.
- Press Enter.