Style and Standard Editor - View Annotation Style Reference

Use the View Annotation Style panel to set up defaults for view annotations.

What's New: 2025

Access

Ribbon: Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor . In the Style and Standard Editor dialog box, expand the View Annotations item and select a view annotation style.

View type

Select the type of drawing view and then set the options. Available options depend on the selected view type.

Selects section views.

Selects auxiliary views.

Selects detail views.

Selects crop views.

Format

Sets format for annotations in the base view when creating section, auxiliary, or detail views.

Select an annotation format. Available formats are illustrated by images.

Show Entire Line displays the section line in the base view.

Available for section views only.

Select Definition in Base View (Default - Removed View) to display the auxiliary view definition in the base view when the alignment of the auxiliary view is broken.

Select Definition in Base View (Default - Auxiliary View) to display the auxiliary view definition in the base view.

Available for auxiliary views only.

Leader Format

Available for detail views only.

Line Type selects the line type for the leader line.

Draw Terminator draws the arrowhead (terminator) on the detail view annotation leader.

Text Orientation sets the orientation and alignment of detail view identifier text on a leader.

Terminator

Extension Line Length sets the length of the leader line for the selected view type. Not available for detail views.

Terminator selects the default arrowhead (terminator) for the selected view type.

Size (X) specifies the length of the open or closed arrowheads for the selected view type.

Height (Y) specifies the height of open or closed arrowheads for the selected view type.

Type

Available for crop views only.

Select the line type, Straight or Zigzag. Note that the Zigzag type can be used only on the linear segments.

Symbol Size [A] specifies the size of the symbol. Available for the Zigzag type only.

Distance Between Symbols [B] specifies the distance between symbols in the segment. Available for the Zigzag type only.

Text Style

Selects an existing text style to use for the annotation text.

Click the pencil to edit the selected text style. When you save the style, the changes are in effect wherever the style is used.

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