Edit Comment

Allows you to edit text associated with an object and display it in the viewport.

To change the program used to edit the text, choose Preferences > General Preferences and in the General section, provide the path and name to the text editor of your choice.

Create or edit text comments on an object

Add a comment to an object

  1. Pick the object you want to add a comment to.

  2. Select the Edit Comment tool.

  3. Type or edit the comment using the editor. You can type any text and use more than one line.

    Note: The Edit comment tool runs your default editor on a temporary file. Do not change the name or location of the file when you save, or the comments will be lost.

  4. Save the file and exit the editor.

Display any comments on an object

  1. In the Object Edit tool palette, select the Query Edit tool .
  2. -click the object.

Change the default text editor

Parent page: Object Edit palette